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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 | 1927 |
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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 principal character until the creation of Arthur Crook in Murder by Experts . [2]
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Murder by Experts is a 1936 mystery thriller novel by the British writer Anthony Gilbert, the pen name of Lucy Beatrice Malleson. It launched her long-running series featuring the shady London lawyer and detective Arthur Crook. Although she had been writing since 1926 this was her first major popular success. The plot revolves around collectors of Chinese antiques.
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