Bentley, E. C. (Edmund Clerihew) 1875-1956 creator text utu 2001 monographic en 1 online resource : multiple file formats "Trent's Last Case" by E. C. Bentley is a detective novel published in 1913. When wealthy American plutocrat Sigsbee Manderson is found shot dead at his English country estate, artist and amateur detective Philip Trent investigates the mysterious circumstances. But this groundbreaking whodunit subverts genre conventions: Trent falls in love with a prime suspect and, despite meticulously gathering evidence, draws completely wrong conclusions. The novel revolutionized detective fiction by offering the first major send-up of the genre itself. (This is an automatically generated summary.) Other titles (American): The Woman in Black. Wikipedia page about this book: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trent%27s_Last_Case_(novel) Release date is 2001-03-01 Stuart E. Thiel and David Widger Original publication data not identified Detective and mystery stories Trent, Philip (Fictitious character) -- Fiction PR Original publication data not identified https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/2568 https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/2568 UtSlPG 260607 20260610133059.0 2568