Death in Fancy Dress (British Library Crime Classics) - Softcover

Anthony Gilbert (Lucy Malleson)

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0712353402 ISBN 13: 9780712353403

Publisher: British Library Publishing, 2019

Synopsis

With an introduction by Martin Edwards and featuring the short stories 'Horseshoes for Luck' and 'The Cockroach and the Tortoise'

The British Secret Service, working to uncover a large-scale blackmail ring and catch its mysterious mastermind 'The Spider', find themselves at the country residence Feltham Abbey, where a fancy dress ball is in full swing.

In the tumult of the revelry, Sir Ralph Feltham is found dead. Not the atmosphere bewildered young lawyer Tony was expecting, he sets out to make sense of the night's activities and the motives of the other guests. Among them is Hilary, an independently-minded socialite still in her costume of vivid silk pyjamas and accompanying teddy bear...

This classic country house mystery, first published in 1933, contrasts the splendours and frivolities of the English upper classes with the sombre over-hang of the First World War and the irresistible complications of deadly familial relationships - with just the right amount of international intrigue thrown in.

About this title

About the Author

Anthony Gilbert is a pen name of Lucy Beatrice Malleson (1899-1973) and Death in Fancy Dress is considered to be one of her finest works. It appeared just before Malleson introduced the mystery readership to her famed, unconventional, and magnificently named, detective Arthur Crook.

Edition details

• Publisher: British Library Publishing
• Publication date: 2019
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0712353402
• ISBN 13: 9780712353403
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 256