''Death at Four Corners'' is a 1929
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by
Anthony Gilbert, the
pen name of British writer Lucy Beatrice Malleson.
[Fielding p.81] It is the third novel in a series featuring her
amateur detective Scott Egerton.
Synopsis
A man in
clerical clothing is found shot dead near Fourt Corner, the seaside
country estate
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of Sir Gervase Blount who immediately comes under suspicion of murder. In particular Blount appears to have been protecting his wife who has been blackmailed by the dead man. The answer is methodically worked out by the detective.
References
Bibliography
* Fielding, Steven . ''A State of Play: British Politics on Screen, Stage and Page, from Anthony Trollope to The Thick of It''. A&C Black, 2014.
* Magill, Frank Northen . ''Critical Survey of Mystery and Detective Fiction: Authors, Volume 2''. Salem Press, 1988.
*Murphy, Bruce F. ''The Encyclopedia of Murder and Mystery''. Springer, 1999.
* Reilly, John M. ''Twentieth Century Crime & Mystery Writers''. Springer, 2015.
1929 British novels
British mystery novels
British thriller novels
Novels by Anthony Gilbert
Novels set in England
British detective novels
William Collins, Sons books
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