Murder in Chelsea
Appearance
![]() First edition (UK) | |
Author | E.C.R. Lorac |
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Language | English |
Series | Chief Inspector MacDonald |
Genre | Detective |
Publisher | Sampson Low Macauley (US) |
Publication date | 1934 |
Publication place | United Kingdom |
Media type | |
Preceded by | Murder in St. John's Wood |
Followed by | The Organ Speaks |
Murder in Chelsea is a 1934 detective novel by E.C.R. Lorac, the pen name of the British writer Edith Caroline Rivett.[1][2] It is the seventh book featuring Chief Inspector MacDonald of Scotland Yard who appeared in a lengthy series of novels during the Golden Age of Detective Fiction.[3]
Synopsis
[edit]A young woman, a keen bibliophile and co-owner of a bookshop, is found gassed to death in the bed of her Chelsea home.
References
[edit]Bibliography
[edit]- Cooper, John & Pike, B.A. Artists in Crime: An Illustrated Survey of Crime Fiction First Edition Dustwrappers, 1920-1970. Scolar Press, 1995.
- Hubin, Allen J. Crime Fiction, 1749-1980: A Comprehensive Bibliography. Garland Publishing, 1984.
- Nichols, Victoria & Thompson, Susan. Silk Stalkings: More Women Write of Murder. Scarecrow Press, 1998.
- Reilly, John M. Twentieth Century Crime & Mystery Writers. Springer, 2015.