Murder by Experts
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Author | Anthony Gilbert |
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Country | United Kingdom |
Language | English |
Series | Arthur Crook |
Genre | Mystery thriller |
Publisher | William Collins, Sons (UK) Dial Press (US) |
Publication date | 1936 |
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Followed by | The Man Who Wasn't There |
Murder by Experts is a 1936 mystery thriller novel by the British writer Anthony Gilbert, the pen name of Lucy Beatrice Malleson.[1] It launched her long-running series featuring the shady London lawyer and detective Arthur Crook. Although she had been writing since 1926 this was her first major popular success.[2] The plot revolves around collectors of Chinese antiques.
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- 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.
Categories:
- 1936 British novels
- British mystery novels
- British thriller novels
- Novels by Anthony Gilbert
- Novels set in London
- British detective novels
- Collins Crime Club books
- 1930s novel stubs