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Author | Anthony Gilbert |
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Language | English |
Genre | Mystery |
Publisher | Collins Crime Club |
Publication date | 1933 |
Publication place | United Kingdom |
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Death in Fancy Dress is a 1933 mystery detective novel by the British writer Anthony Gilbert, the pen name of Lucy Beatrice Malleson. [1] It was republished in 2019 by British Library Publishing as part of a series featuring traditional crime novels. It takes the form of a country house mystery, a popular branch of the genre during the era.
A notorious blackmailer is haunting London Society, leading to several suicides. The Home Office's attempt to capture them leads to a fancy dress ball at the country estate Feltham Abbey, where things come to a head when the host Sir Ralph Feltham is found dead in the grounds.
![]() First edition | |
Author | Anthony Gilbert |
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Language | English |
Genre | Mystery |
Publisher | Collins Crime Club |
Publication date | 1933 |
Publication place | United Kingdom |
Media type |
Death in Fancy Dress is a 1933 mystery detective novel by the British writer Anthony Gilbert, the pen name of Lucy Beatrice Malleson. [1] It was republished in 2019 by British Library Publishing as part of a series featuring traditional crime novels. It takes the form of a country house mystery, a popular branch of the genre during the era.
A notorious blackmailer is haunting London Society, leading to several suicides. The Home Office's attempt to capture them leads to a fancy dress ball at the country estate Feltham Abbey, where things come to a head when the host Sir Ralph Feltham is found dead in the grounds.