 First US edition | |
| Author | Anthony Gilbert |
|---|---|
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Language | English |
| Series | Scott Egerton |
| Genre | Mystery thriller |
| Publisher | Gollancz Dodd, Mead (US) |
Publication date | 1929 |
| Media type | |
| Preceded by | Death at Four Corners |
| Followed by | The Night of the Fog |
The Mystery of the Open Window is a 1929 mystery detective novel by Anthony Gilbert, the pen name of British writer Lucy Beatrice Malleson.[1] It is the fourth novel in a series featuring her amateur detective, the politician Scott Egerton.[2] Unlike the rest of the series it was published by Gollancz rather than Collins.[3] It takes the form of a locked room mystery, a popular branch of the genre during the Golden Age of Detective Fiction.
Synopsis
By coincidence, Egerton is at a disreputable inn in Paris when the proprietor is visited by the wealthy Sir Henry Archer, owner of the famous Archer Library, carrying several valuable books with him. Obviously in a state of terror, he demands that his room be locked and his window barred. Nonetheless the following morning he is found in bed, stabbed to death.
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.