The Tragedy at Freyne
 First edition (UK) | |
| Author | Anthony Gilbert |
|---|---|
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Language | English |
| Series | Scott Egerton |
| Genre | Mystery thriller |
| Publisher | William Collins, Sons (UK) Dial Press (US) |
Publication date | 1927 |
| Media type | |
| Followed by | The Murder of Mrs. Davenport |
The Tragedy at Freyne is a 1927 mystery detective novel by Anthony Gilbert, the pen name of British writer Lucy Beatrice Malleson.[1] Her first novel under the pseudonym, it introduced the amateur detective Scott Egerton who was her principle character until the creation of Arthur Crook in Murder by Experts.[2]
Synopsis[]
Sir Simon Chandos is found dead in his library with a confession written in front of him and a bottle of morphia tablets by his side, it appears to an obvious case of suicide. However one of the guests at the country house notices a slight discrepancy and launches his own amateur investigation into the death.
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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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