Q.E.D. (novel)

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Q.E.D.
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First edition (UK)
AuthorLynn Brock
CountryUnited Kingdom
LanguageEnglish
SeriesColonel Gore
GenreDetective
PublisherCollins (UK)
Harper (US)
Publication date
1930
Media typePrint
Preceded byThe Mendip Mystery 
Followed byThe Stoat 

Q.E.D. is a 1930 mystery detective novel by the Irish-born writer Lynn Brock.[1] It was the sixth of seven novels in his series featuring the character of Colonel Wyckham Gore, one of the most prominent investigators during the early stages of the Golden Age of Detective Fiction.[2] It was published in the Under States with the alternative title of Murder on the Bridge.

Synopsis[]

Gore is called upon to the solve the seemingly motiveless murder of Doctor Melhuish the husband of his former youthful flame.[3] After being called out urgently on a foggy night by one of his patients, the doctor has disappeared somewhere across a suspension bridge spanning a wide gorge. Adding to the mystery, shortly before his death Melhuish had begun writing a letter to Gore.

References[]

  1. ^ Athill p.263-64
  2. ^ Reilly p.197
  3. ^ Reilly p.198

Bibliography[]

  • Athill, Robin. Mendip, a New Study. David and Charles, 1976.
  • Reilly, John M. Twentieth Century Crime & Mystery Writers. Springer, 2015.
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