The cover page is adapted from The Murders in Praed Street, a painting completed in 1928 by Philip Simmonds. The cover and title pages feature the League Spartan and Sorts Mill Goudy typefaces created in 2014 and 2009 by The League of Moveable Type. www.theleagueofmoveabletype.com/
The Murders in Praed Street
章节(23)
- Part I: The Crimes: I: The Street 0:00
- II: The Herbalist 21:41
- III: The Inquest 43:09
- IV: The Poisoned Pipe-Stem 1:01:28
- V: Inspector Whyland 1:23:24
- VI: A Middle-Aged Poet 1:45:30
- VII: The Black Sailor 2:08:28
- VIII: At No. 407, Praed Street 2:32:04
- IX: A Strange Affair 2:54:40
- X: At Scotland Yard 3:14:44
- XI: The Sixth Counter 3:35:48
- XII: A Hypodermic Needle 3:56:45
- Part II: The Criminal: XIII: Enter Dr. Priestley 4:18:23
- XIV: The Morlandson Trial 4:39:46
- XV: The Bone Counters 4:59:50
- XVI: Corfe Castle 5:20:26
- XVII: The Clay-Pit 5:44:30
- XVIII: The Avenger 6:08:47
- XIX: A Discovery 6:34:42
- XX: Mr. Ludgrove’s Invitation 6:57:59
- XXI: An Explanation 7:14:03
- XXII: The Death Chamber 7:37:48
- XXIII: The Will 8:02:10
The Murders in Praed Street features Dr. Lancelot Priestley, an eccentric scientist and mathematician. The novel’s first part introduces the neighborhood of Praed Street, its shopkeepers, and their families. Among these characters are the first victims of a series of shocking murders that terrorize London and baffle the police. In the second part, Scotland Yard seeks the help of Dr. Priestley, who is eager for “some enticing problem, mathematical or human.” To confirm his theory of the crimes, Dr. Priestley travels incognito to the Isle of Purbeck.