Treason in My Breast

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Treason in My Breast
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First edition (UK)
AuthorAnthony Gilbert
CountryUnited Kingdom
LanguageEnglish
SeriesArthur Crook
GenreMystery thriller
PublisherCollins Crime Club
Publication date
1938
Media typePrint
Preceded byMurder Has No Tongue 
Followed byThe Clock in the Hatbox 

Treason in My Breast is a 1938 mystery detective novel by Anthony Gilbert, the pen name of British writer Lucy Beatrice Malleson.[1] [2] It is the fourth in her long-running series featuring the unscrupulous London solicitor and detective Arthur Crook.[3] Crook became one of the established characters of the Golden Age of Detective Fiction, although in this case the novel was more similar to a Victorian melodrama than a conventional whodunnit.

Synopsis[]

From her window, a housewife believes she has witnessed the build-up to a murder of a young woman in the flat opposite. She calls in Arthur Crook to assist her in unravelling a seemingly ingenious attempt to steal a large inheritance.

References[]

  1. ^ Reilly p.659
  2. ^ The Spectator, Volume 160. F.C. Westley, 1938. p.982
  3. ^ Murphy p.120

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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