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| Author | Anthony Gilbert |
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| Country | United Kingdom |
| Language | English |
| Series | Scott Egerton |
| Genre | Mystery thriller |
| Publisher | Collins Crime Club |
Publication date | 1932 |
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| Preceded by | The Body on the Beam |
| Followed by | The Musical Comedy Crime |
The Long Shadow is a 1932 mystery detective novel by Anthony Gilbert, the pen name of British writer Lucy Beatrice Malleson.[1] It is the seventh of ten novels in a series featuring her amateur detective and politician Scott Egerton, a precursor to her better known creation Arthur Crook.[2]
Synopsis
Mademoiselle Robert had twenty five years earlier been a celebrated star on the Parisian stage before drifting in anonymity. Now she has been founded dead in a slum-like tenement in London, with a knife through her heart.
References
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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