The Mind Readers
A British Cold War Mystery of Telepathic Espionage, Secret Research, and Psychological SuspenseDe Margery Allingham
Duração9h 49m
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The Mind Readers belongs to the later, more psychologically inflected phase of Margery Allingham's detective fiction, in which the traditional puzzle is enlarged into an examination of secrecy, perception, and the unstable boundary between private thought and public action. Its premise turns the seemingly miraculous capacity to know another person's mind into a source of suspense rather than simple wonder, allowing Allingham to combine investigative procedure with elements of the thriller and speculative fiction. The novel's shifting perspectives, atmosphere of unease, and interest in moral ambiguity reflect the modernizing literary context of postwar crime writing, while retaining the wit, social observation, and elegant plotting associated with the Golden Age tradition. Allingham (1904–1966) was one of Britain's most distinguished crime novelists, celebrated chiefly for her Albert Campion novels. Her work developed from conventional country-house mysteries toward richer studies of class, motive, trauma, and social change. That evolution, together with the period's growing fascination with psychology, technology, espionage, and the limits of human knowledge, provides an illuminating background to The Mind Readers. The book thus reveals an author testing the expressive possibilities of detective fiction without abandoning its intellectual discipline. Readers interested in the transformation of British crime fiction will find The Mind Readers especially rewarding. It offers the pleasures of a carefully constructed mystery while inviting reflection on privacy, trust, and the danger of treating consciousness as something that can be mastered. Admirers of Allingham will value its inventive late style; newcomers will discover a compelling bridge between Golden Age detection and the darker, more psychologically sophisticated thriller.
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GêneroMystery and Thriller
Duração9 h 49 min
Narrado porOuça com mais de 1.000 vozes
FormatoeBook com áudio
Data de publicação4 de dez. de 2023
IdiomaInglês
Sumário
1Biggles of the Special Air Police (Annotated)
2CHAPTER I The Breaking Ground
3CHAPTER II Boffin Island
4CHAPTER III Half Term
5CHAPTER IV Sanctuary
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6CHAPTER V Longfox’s I.G.
7CHAPTER VI Interested Persons
8CHAPTER VII Brains at Work
9CHAPTER VIII Expert Opinion
10CHAPTER IX The Promenading Cat
11CHAPTER X Husbands and Wives
12CHAPTER XI The Longfox Method
13CHAPTER XII Official View
14CHAPTER XIII The End of the World
15CHAPTER XIV The Sound of Drumming
16CHAPTER XV The Islanders
17CHAPTER XVI Things You Could Tell an Old Friend
18CHAPTER XVII Sparks and Ashes
19CHAPTER XVIII The Spy
20CHAPTER XIX Snake Bite
21CHAPTER XX Behind the Scenes in an Old Curiosity Shop
22CHAPTER XXI Take-Over
23CHAPTER XXII Break-through I
24CHAPTER XXIII Break-through II
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