The Man Who Was Too Clever

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The Man Who Was Too Clever
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First edition
AuthorAnthony Gilbert
CountryUnited Kingdom
LanguageEnglish
SeriesScott Egerton
GenreMystery thriller
PublisherCollins Crime Club
Publication date
1935
Media typePrint
Preceded byAn Old Lady Dies 

The Man Who Was Too Clever is a 1935 mystery detective novel by Anthony Gilbert, the pen name of British writer Lucy Beatrice Malleson.[1] It is the tenth and last in a series of novels featuring her amateur detective and politician Scott Egerton.[2] The following year she introduced a new character, the unscrupulous solicitor Arthur Crook, in Murder by Experts.

Synopsis[]

Helen Paget is found shot dead in a private room of the Apsley Hotel in London. Her murderer has developed a very complex plot to commit the killing without being caught, but he is too clever for his own good.

References[]

  1. ^ Reilly p.659
  2. ^ Murphy p.160

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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