 First edition | |
| Author | Anthony Gilbert |
|---|---|
| Language | English |
| Series | Arthur Crook |
| Genre | Mystery thriller |
| Publisher | Collins Crime Club (UK) A.S. Barnes (US) |
| Publication date | 1947 |
| Publication place | United Kingdom |
| Media type | |
| Preceded by | The Spinster's Secret |
| Followed by | Die in the Dark |
Death in the Wrong Room is a 1947 mystery thriller novel by Anthony Gilbert, the pen name of British writer Lucy Beatrice Malleson. It is the nineteenth in her long-running series featuring the unscrupulous London solicitor Arthur Crook, one of the more unorthodox detectives of the Golden Age.
Synopsis
Shortly after the Second World War the domineering Lady Bute comes to live as a paying guest at the home built by Colonel Anstruther and now run by his daughter. Her murder threatens to unravel secrets best kept buried.
References
- Reilly p.660
- Murphy p.120
Bibliography
- 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.
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