Lynn Brock (1877-1943) was the

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of the Irish writer Alister McAllister, who moved to England and wrote a series of

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s. Brock is best known for his series of Colonel Gore detective novels, which enjoyed popularity in the 1920s and 1930s during the

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. His novels employ a complexity of style and are generally set in rural locations. He also wrote several plays under the name Anthony Wharton. He was educated at the

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, where he served as chief clerk between 1908 and 1914. During the

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he served with the

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in the

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.Reilly p.197

Main works

Colonel Gore

* '' The Deductions of Colonel Gore'' (1924) * '' Colonel Gore’s Second Case'' (1925) * ''

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'' (1927) * '' The Slip-Carriage Mystery'' (1928) * '' The Mendip Mystery'' (1929) * ''

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'' (1930) * '' The Stoat'' (1940)

Other

* ''The Two Of Diamonds'' (1926) * ''

The Dagwort Coombe Murder ''The Dagwort Coombe Murder'' is a 1929 mystery novel, mystery detective novel by the Irish-born writer Lynn Brock. It was the first stand-alone novel by Brock following the success of his Golden Age of Detective Fiction, Golden age detective Col ...

'' (1929) * ''

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'' (1932) * '' The Silver Sickle Case'' (1938) * '' Fourfingers'' (1939) * '' The Riddle of the Roost'' (1939)

References

Bibliography

* Keating, Henry Reymond Fitzwalter. ''Whodunit?: A Guide to Crime, Suspense, and Spy Fiction''. Van Nostrand Reinhold Company, 1982. * Reilly, John M. ''Twentieth Century Crime & Mystery Writers''. Springer, 2015. 1877 births 1943 deaths British writers Irish writers Writers from Dublin (city) {{Ireland-writer-stub