Death in Fancy Dress

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Death in Fancy Dress
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First edition
AuthorAnthony Gilbert
CountryUnited Kingdom
LanguageEnglish
GenreMystery
PublisherCollins Crime Club
Publication date
1933
Media typePrint

Death in Fancy Dress is a 1933 mystery detective novel by the British writer Anthony Gilbert, the pen name of Lucy Beatrice Malleson.[1] 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[]

  1. ^ 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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