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The Notting Hill mystery : the first detective novel / Charles Warren Adams (written under the pseudonym Charles Felix).

by Adams, Charles Warren.

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The British Library Publishing Division, 2012, 1865.

Insurance investigators -- Fiction.

Insurance crimes -- Fiction.

Murder suspects -- Fiction.

Notting Hill (London, England) -- Fiction.

9780712358590 (pbk.)

284 p. ; 19 cm.

The Notting Hill Mystery was first published between 1862 and 1863 as an eight-part serial in the magazine Once a Week, written under the pseudonym Charles Felix. It has been widely described as the first detective novel, pre-dating as it does other novels such as Wilkie Collins's The Moonstone (1868) and Emile Gaboriau's first Monsieur Lecoq novel (1869) that have previously claimed that accolade. The story is told by insurance investigator Ralph Henderson, who is building a case against the sinister Baron R suspected of murdering his wife in order to obtain significant life insurance payments. Henderson descends into a maze of intrigue including a diabolical mesmerist, kidnapping by gypsies, slow-poisoners, a rich uncle's will and three murders.

Historical mystery fiction.

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