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"Deadly Trap," A public relations expert goes for a walk while on vacation and disappears. The state police can find no trace of him...

186 pages, Hardcover

First published January 1, 1978

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Hugh Pentecost

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Hugh Pentecost was a penname of mystery author Judson Philips. Born in Massachusetts, Philips came of age during the golden age of pulp magazines, and spent the 1930s writing suspense fiction and sports stories for a number of famous pulps. His first book was Hold 'Em Girls! The Intelligent Women's Guide to Men and Football (1936). In 1939, his crime story Cancelled in Red won the Red Badge prize, launching his career as a novelist. Philips went on to write nearly one hundred books over the next five decades.

His best-known characters were Pierre Chambrun, a sleuthing hotel manager who first appeared in The Cannibal Who Overate (1962), and the one-legged investigative reporter Peter Styles, introduced in Laughter Trap (1964). Although he spent his last years with failing vision and poor health, Philips continued writing daily. His final novel was the posthumously published Pattern for Terror (1989).

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November 29, 2019
Se c’è un argomento che mi fa assaporare la suspense in un giallo, è un rapimento. Respiro a pieni polmoni quell’aria di attesa che porta alla conclusione dell’evento, in qualunque modo esso finisca (meglio se in bene, perché mi piace tirare il classico respiro di sollievo alla fine!).
È questo il caso. Un caso particolare, perché i rapiti - a causa di un cane finito (ahilui!) in una trappola - sono addirittura due.
Tempistica perfetta, narrazione intrigante, bei personaggi (tutti mooooolto americani, eh!), belle ambientazioni; se ne potrebbe ricavare un film discreto, forse.
Attesa e azione insieme, un bel connubio che mi ha fatto gustare appieno uno tra i più classici dei gialli (un amore antico, il mio: un Giallo Mondadori del 1981!!!, con la copertina disegnata da Carlo Jacono).

E bravo Pentecost!
Sicuramente leggerò altro di questo autore, tenendo presente che è lo pseudonimo di Judson Philips.


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