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Jumping JennyAnthony Berkeley

Jumping Jenny

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Original UK title Jumping Jenny At a costume party with the dubious theme of ‘famous murderers and their victims’, the know-it-all amateur criminologist Roger Sheringham is settled in for an evening of beer, small talk and analysing his companions. One guest in particular has caught his attention for her theatrics, and his theory that she might have several enemies among the partygoers proves true when she is found hanging from the ‘decorative’ gallows on the roof terrace. Noticing a key detail which could implicate a friend in the crime, Sheringham decides to meddle with the scene and…

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7 editions
  • Paperback · English · 2001
    Jumping Jenny (A Roger Sheringham Case)
    House of Stratus · 252 pages · 9780755102082
  • Hardcover · English · 1997
    Chivers North America · 190 pages · 9780745187013
  • Hardcover · English · 1984
    Dead Mrs Stratton
    Vintage/Ebury (A Division of Random House Group) · 320 pages · 9780701205836
  • Other · English · 2023
    Poisoned Pen Press · 288 pages · 9781728267579
  • Other · English · 2022
    British Library Publishing · 9780712354707
  • Other · English · 2010
    The Langtail Press · 9781780020174
English literatureDetective and mystery storiesFiction, general