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Nile Green (novel)

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Nile Green
AuthorAnne Hocking
LanguageEnglish
SeriesChief Inspector William Austen
GenreMystery crime
PublisherGeoffrey Bles
Publication date
1943
Publication placeUnited Kingdom
Media typePrint
Preceded byOne Shall Be Taken 
Followed bySix Green Bottles 

Nile Green is a 1943 mystery detective novel by the British writer Anne Hocking.[1] [2] Written during the Golden Age of Detective Fiction, it is the fifth in her long-running series featuring Chief Superintendent William Austen of Scotland Yard. It was published in the United States by Doubleday under the alternative title Death Loves a Shining Mark.[3]

Synopsis

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In wartime Cairo working for military intelligence, Austen investigates a case amongst the wealthy British inhabitants of the city. A married woman who had been having an affair, has been murdered during an air raid.

References

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  1. ^ Simon p.165
  2. ^ Hubin p.201
  3. ^ Nehr p.208

Bibliography

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  • Barzun, Jacques & Taylor, Wendell Hertig A Catalogue of Crime. HarperCollins, 1989.
  • Hubin, Allen J. 1981-1985 Supplement to Crime Fiction, 1749-1980. Garland Pub., 1988.
  • Nehr, Ellen. Doubleday Crime Club Compendium, 1928-1991. Offspring Press, 1992.
  • Reilly, John M. Twentieth Century Crime & Mystery Writers. Springer, 2015.
  • Spector Simon, Reeva. Spies and Holy Wars: The Middle East in 20th-Century Crime Fiction. University of Texas Press, 2010.