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Author | Anthony Gilbert |
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Language | English |
Series | Scott Egerton |
Genre | Mystery thriller |
Publisher |
Gollancz (UK) Dodd, Mead & Co. (US) |
Publication date | 1930 |
Publication place | United Kingdom |
Media type | |
Preceded by | The Mystery of the Open Window |
Followed by | The Body on the Beam |
The Night of the Fog is a 1930 mystery detective novel by Anthony Gilbert, the pen name of British writer Lucy Beatrice Malleson. [1] It is the fifth of ten novels in a series featuring her amateur detective and politician Scott Egerton, a precursor to her better known creation Arthur Crook. [2]
Egerton joins forces with an ex-secret service agent to assist the wealthy Jasper Hilton who has been threatened by a serious of anonymous letters. Shortly after they have appeared to solve the case, however, Hilton is murdered.
![]() First US edition | |
Author | Anthony Gilbert |
---|---|
Language | English |
Series | Scott Egerton |
Genre | Mystery thriller |
Publisher |
Gollancz (UK) Dodd, Mead & Co. (US) |
Publication date | 1930 |
Publication place | United Kingdom |
Media type | |
Preceded by | The Mystery of the Open Window |
Followed by | The Body on the Beam |
The Night of the Fog is a 1930 mystery detective novel by Anthony Gilbert, the pen name of British writer Lucy Beatrice Malleson. [1] It is the fifth of ten novels in a series featuring her amateur detective and politician Scott Egerton, a precursor to her better known creation Arthur Crook. [2]
Egerton joins forces with an ex-secret service agent to assist the wealthy Jasper Hilton who has been threatened by a serious of anonymous letters. Shortly after they have appeared to solve the case, however, Hilton is murdered.