When we think of "locked room mysteries" we think of John Dickson Carr and his imitators, but back in 1941 Britain's Rupert Penny penned one of the best and most satisfying impossible crimes ever crafted-SEALED ROOM MURDER. In the coziness of The Firs, an ugly yet stately mansion of a family of several generations, the matron is brutally stabbed in the back by someone staying at the house. There are suspects aplenty and ordinarily Tony Purdon and his friend Inspector Beale-veterans of the other Rupert Penny mysteries published by Ramble House-would have no trouble finding the murderer, but the crochety old dowager was locked alone in her bedroom when she was attacked and killed.    Fans of the Policeman mysteries of Rupert Penny will find this classic whodunit every bit as puzzling the others. With diagrams, charts, maps and even a Dutton-like challenge to the reader page, this is a mystery you can't pass up, published for the first time since its debut in 1941.

Sealed Room Murder

Mystery, Thriller & Suspense

Penny, Rupert

Mystery

Ramble House

PUZZLES WITHIN PUZZLES The Locked Room, Acrostic, Train Schedule World of Rupert Penny. Between 1937 and 1941 British writer Ernest Basil Charles Thornett wrote several puzzle-oriented mysteries that until now have only been available in the UK. Using the pseudonym Rupert Penny and the first person friend of Police Inspector, Tony Purdon, the author takes you to the stodgiest of English manors where murder dwells, if not reigns. Inspector Beale must use all of his puzzle-solving skills, including acrostics and elaborate timelines, to track down the murderer in classic not-so-cosy style. 1938's Policeman's Evidence takes Tony Purdon and Inspector Beale to a country manor where a fortune in jewels has been hidden for a century. It's a treasure hunt for the ages.

Policeman's Evidence

Science & Math

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Policeman's Holiday was written in 1937 and concerns a gentryman who is found hanging in an orchard and which looks like suicide -- but isn't. Only an acrostic provides a clue. Chief-Inspector Beale has never tackled a puzzle of such a high caliber; so potent that it threatens to chagrin the police to death!

Policeman's Holiday

Between 1937 and 1941 British writer Ernest Basil Charles Thornett wrote several puzzle-oriented mysteries that until now have only been available in the UK. Using the pseudonym Rupert Penny and the first person friend of Police Inspector, Tony Purdon, the author takes you to the stodgiest of English manors where murder lurks around every corner. 1938's The Lucky Policeman takes Tony Purdon and Inspector Beale to an insane asylum where an inmate has escaped and townspeople are dying from a mysterious spike to the lower brain. And they are all missing their left shoe!

The Lucky Policeman

Sweet Poison

Policeman in Armour is the latest Rupert Penny novel to be reprinted by Ramble House. Each of the "Policeman" series features Police Inspector Edward Beale and is narrated by his civilian friend Tony Purdon. Beale specializes in "puzzle" mysteries and uses his logic skills to track down murderers in the classic British style.

Policeman in Armour

O'Keefe, Gavin L.

Rupert Penny wrote this longer-than-usual impossible mystery in 1937. It's full of maps, charts and highly formatted text, and Ramble House is proud to present it as a facsimile book. Its 330 pages will transport you to the English countryside of the mid-30s as Inspector Beale and his ever-present friend Tony Purdon tackle the murder of a clergyman who had the misfortune of having his head bashed in by person or persons unknown.    The author states that by the time you read the first 33 chapters you will have all the information you need to name the murderer and reconstruct the crime. Are you up to the challenge?

The Talkative Policeman

Trade paperback. Inspector Beale has seen many brutal crimes in his career, but this one takes the cake. The body of a young woman is seen, then it disappears, then it pops up again, only this time the head, and lower arms and legs have been cut off and are missing. Instead, tennis rack covers are taped to the neck and the two upper arms. But not the legs. So far, it's just one of the goriest crimes he and his journalist pal, Tony Purdon, have ever seen. But then a second body is found - and it's missing head, arms and feet. What is going on?

She Had to Have Gas

The only one of Rupert Penny's 9 novels that didn't feature Chief Inspector Beale, this one was written under the pseudonym Martin Tanner and is a first-rate chase novel, full of action and romance, in addition to a superlative plot.

Cut and Run: By Rupert Penny, writing as Martin Tanner

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Books by Penny, Rupert

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Sealed Room Murder

Policeman's Evidence

Policeman's Evidence

Policeman's Holiday

The Lucky Policeman

Sweet Poison

Policeman in Armour

The Talkative Policeman

She Had to Have Gas

Cut and Run: By Rupert Penny, writing as Martin Tanner