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In a world of polite dinners and country houses, a pleasant manner can hide a dangerous purpose.
The Yellow Crayon by E. Phillips Oppenheim takes you into wealthy drawing rooms, clubs and country houses where crime sits close to comfort. Money and rank shape this world, but good manners offer no promise of good intentions. Beneath the polished surface, secrets give some people power and leave others searching for answers.
Secrecy drives this crime thriller from chapter to chapter. Some people hold information that others want, and quiet menace runs through the social world they share. Oppenheim keeps the focus on intrigue and forward movement. The pleasure lies in following schemes behind polite manners, with short chapters that invite you to keep going.
What you’ll discover
- Manners with a hidden edge Look beyond pleasant company to the dangerous purposes that a polished manner can conceal.
- Secrets worth pursuing Follow a plot driven by information some people guard and others want to uncover.
- High society under suspicion Enter drawing rooms and country houses where money and rank are more than background.
- One more short chapter Enjoy brisk storytelling that puts intrigue first and keeps pulling you toward the next page.
- The thriller taking shape Discover early habits of the thriller in a story built around secrecy and quiet menace.
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For readers who love period thrillers, schemes behind polite manners and short chapters that pull you along. Enjoy secrets, small clues and quiet menace in the drawing rooms of high society.
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- High society is both stage and disguise
- Secrets drive the plot from chapter to chapter
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by E. Phillips Oppenheim · 1903
In the drawing rooms of the wealthy, a pleasant manner hides a dangerous purpose.
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Oppenheim wrote thrillers for quick pleasure
E. Phillips Oppenheim was among the most prolific English storytellers of his age. He wrote well over a hundred novels, and he built his name on tales of spies, schemers and mysterious men of influence. The Yellow Crayon belongs to this early, energetic part of his career.
His method was plain. He opened with a puzzle or a secret, gave readers a cast of people who looked respectable, and kept the story moving with meetings, letters and sudden danger. He did not slow down for long descriptions. The pleasure lies in wanting to know what the next chapter will uncover.
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What is The Yellow Crayon about?
It is a crime thriller by E. Phillips Oppenheim that sets mystery and danger inside the world of wealthy, well-mannered society. Its plot turns on secrets and on people who are not what they seem.
Who wrote The Yellow Crayon and when?
E. Phillips Oppenheim, an English novelist, wrote it. It appeared in the early 1900s, during the Edwardian age, when serial thrillers and adventure novels were very popular with magazine and library readers.
Is The Yellow Crayon hard to read?
No. Oppenheim wrote in plain, quick prose with short chapters and lively dialogue. The plot is easy to follow and moves along steadily.
The author
E. Phillips Oppenheim
1866–1946 · English thriller novelist
Edward Phillips Oppenheim was an English novelist, born in London in 1866. He lived in Leicester and later on Guernsey, where he died in 1946. He wrote novels and short stories, including The Yellow Crayon (1903), The Zeppelin’s Passenger (1918), and The Great Impersonation (1920).
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