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The Amateur Crime - An Impact Book

The Amateur Crime - An Impact Book

Cox, Anthony

Paperback

Mystery & Thriller

ISBN13: 9798903000128
Publisher: Impact
Published: Jan 13 2026
Pages: 218
Weight: 0.66
Height: 0.46 Width: 6.00 Depth: 9.00
Language: English

A quiet English village. A puzzling death. And a crime committed not by a hardened criminal-but by an amateur.

In The Amateur Crime, Anthony Cox delivers a tightly constructed Golden Age mystery built on psychological tension rather than brute violence. When an apparently straightforward death raises troubling inconsistencies, suspicion begins to fall on ordinary people with hidden motives-and on the dangerous confidence of those who believe intellect alone makes them immune from consequences. Cox's novel explores the fragile boundary between cleverness and guilt, exposing how rational planning can unravel under pressure. As clues accumulate and assumptions collapse, the investigation reveals a crime shaped as much by vanity and misjudgment as by intent. Originally published during the classic era of British crime fiction, The Amateur Crime stands alongside the works of Anthony Berkeley, Freeman Wills Crofts, and early psychological detective novels-where motive, logic, and character matter more than spectacle.

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