''Old Mrs. Fitzgerald'' is a 1939 detective novel by the British writer

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. It was the first novel in her long-running series featuring Chief Inspector William Austen of

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.Reilly p.794 Austen was one of a large number of investigators operating during the Golden Age of Detective Fiction. It was originally serialised in ''

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''. Reviewing the novel for '' The Observer''

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wrote a favourable review..

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* Hubin, Allen J. ''1981-1985 Supplement to Crime Fiction, 1749-1980''. Garland Pub., 1988. * Reilly, John M. ''Twentieth Century Crime & Mystery Writers''. Springer, 2015. 1939 British novels British mystery novels British thriller novels British crime novels Novels by Anne Hocking British detective novels Geoffrey Bles books {{1940s-mystery-novel-stub