 First edition (UK) | |
| Author | Anthony Gilbert |
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| Country | United Kingdom |
| Language | English |
| Series | Scott Egerton |
| Genre | Mystery thriller |
| Publisher | William Collins, Sons (UK) Dial Press (US) |
Publication date | 1928 |
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| Preceded by | The Tragedy at Freyne |
| Followed by | Death at Four Corners |
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Shortly before his marriage to a wealthy woman, Sir Denis Brinsley is confronted with a figure from his past. Helen Davenport arrives and offers to sell him damaging letters between them that will likely destroy his coming marriage. Shortly after he refuses, she is discovered strangled.
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Antidote to Venom is a 1938 detective novel by the Irish-born novelist Freeman Wills Crofts. It is the eighteenth in his series of novels featuring Inspector French, a Scotland Yard detective known for his methodical technique. It was reissued in 2015 by the British Library Publishing as part of a group of crime novels from the Golden Age of Detective Fiction.
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