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Death Makes a Prophet

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Death Makes a Prophet
AuthorJohn Bude
LanguageEnglish
SeriesDetective Inspector Meredith
GenreDetective
PublisherMacdonald
Publication date
1947
Publication placeUnited Kingdom
Media typePrint
Preceded byTrouble A-Brewing 
Followed byDangerous Sunlight 

Death Makes a Prophet is a 1947 detective novel by the British author John Bude, the pseudonym of Ernest Elmore.[1] [2] In 2017 it was reissued by the British Library Publishing as part of a group of republished crime novels from the Golden Age of Detective Fiction.

Synopsis

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In Welworth Garden City in Hertfordshire a growing cult has gathered members, but a power dispute has broken out between the founder and a charismatic newcomer. During a summer rally at the country estate of one of its wealthiest and most prominent members, a double murder takes place with the High Prophet of the movement amongst the dead.

References

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  1. ^ Reilly p.219
  2. ^ Hubin p.56

Bibliography

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  • Hubin, Allen J. Crime Fiction, 1749-1980: A Comprehensive Bibliography. Garland Publishing, 1984.
  • Reilly, John M. Twentieth Century Crime & Mystery Writers. Springer, 2015.