Sleuth
by Anthony Shaffer

Name: Sleuth
Brand: Anthony Shaffer
SKU: 9780714507637
Rating: 4.11 (763 reviews)

Highlights

Small Cast

Male

120 mins British Mystery

What readers are saying

Readers find 'Sleuth' to be an engaging and clever mystery play filled with unexpected twists and sharp dialogue. Many appreciate the intense dynamics between the two central characters and the overall suspense that keeps them on the edge of their seats. The play is often described as a classic in the genre, successfully blending humor and intrigue.

Clever plot twists Sharp, witty dialogue Engaging character dynamics Some found Act 1 a bit slow

Synopsis

Sleuth has all the ingredients of a top-class thriller, which it undoubtedly is - a plot whose twists and turns are breathtakingly audacious and fiendishly cunning; suspense and excitement galore; and a brilliant parody of the Agatha Christie country-house thriller, mercilessly satirizing the genre at the same as using its technical devices to the full.

It is a dramatic study of sexual conflict and jealousy between an older and a younger man; as well as a subtle psychological portrait of an inadequate and sexually-obsessed middle-aged man

Sleuth was filmed by Joseph Mankiewicz, with Laurence Olivier and Michael Caine in the leading roles, and this edition is fully illustrated with stills from the film, for which Anthony Shaffer wrote the screenplay

Anthony Shaffer has written several television and stage plays, including the West End success Murderer (also available from arion Boyars Publishers).

He has also written many screenplays, including Play with a Gypsy, Hitchcock's Frenzy, The Wicker Man, and the Agatha Christie films Death on the Nile and Evil Under the Sun.