 First edition | |
| Author | Anthony Gilbert |
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| Language | English |
| Genre | Mystery |
| Publisher | Collins Crime Club |
| Publication date | 1933 |
| Publication place | United Kingdom |
| Media type | |
Death in Fancy Dress is a 1933 mystery detective novel by the British writer Anthony Gilbert, the pen name of Lucy Beatrice Malleson. It was republished in 2019 by British Library Publishing as part of a series featuring traditional crime novels. It takes the form of a country house mystery, a popular branch of the genre during the era.
Synopsis
A notorious blackmailer is haunting London Society, leading to several suicides. The Home Office's attempt to capture them leads to a fancy dress ball at the country estate Feltham Abbey, where things come to a head when the host Sir Ralph Feltham is found dead in the grounds.
References
- Reilly p.659
Bibliography
- Magill, Frank Northen . Critical Survey of Mystery and Detective Fiction: Authors, Volume 2. Salem Press, 1988.
- Reilly, John M. Twentieth Century Crime & Mystery Writers. Springer, 2015.
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