The Dead Mountaineer's Inn: One More Last Rite for the

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The Dead Mountaineer's Inn: One More Last Rite for the Detective Genre (Neversink)

A hilarious spoof on the classic country-house murder mystery, from the Russian masters of sci-fiâ€”never before translated
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When Inspector Peter Glebsky arrives at the remote ski chalet on vacation, the last thing he intends to do is get involved in any police work. Heâ€™s there to ski, drink brandy, and loaf around in blissful solitude.
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But he hadnâ€™t counted on the other vacationers, an eccentric bunch including a famous hypnotist, a physicist with a penchant for gymnastic feats, a sulky teenager of indeterminate gender, and the mysterious Mr. and Mrs. Moses. And as the chalet fills up, strange things start happeningâ€”things that seem to indicate the presence of another, unseen guest. Is there a ghost on the premises? A prankster? Something more sinister? And then an avalanche blocks the mountain pass, and theyâ€™re stuck.
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Which is just about when they find the corpse. Meaning that Glebksyâ€™s vacation is over and heâ€™s embarked on the most unusual investigation heâ€™s ever been involved with. In fact, the further he looks into it, the more Glebsky realizes that the victim may not even be human.
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In this late novel from the legendary Russian sci-fi duoâ€”here in its first-ever English translationâ€”the Strugatskys gleefully upend the plot of many a Hercule Poirot mysteryâ€”and the result is much funnier, and much stranger, than anything Agatha Christie ever wrote.

From the Trade Paperback edition.

Country	USA
Binding	Kindle Edition
EISBN	9781612194332
Format	Kindle eBook
Label	Melville House
Manufacturer	Melville House
NumberOfPages	258
PublicationDate	2015-03-17
Publisher	Melville House
ReleaseDate	2015-03-17
Studio	Melville House

The Dead Mountaineer's Inn: One More Last Rite for the Detective Genre (Neversink)

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