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Suicide Excepted

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Suicide Excepted
AuthorCyril Hare
LanguageEnglish
SeriesInspector Mallett
GenreDetective
PublisherFaber and Faber
Publication date
1939
Publication placeUnited Kingdom
Media typePrint
Preceded byDeath Is No Sportsman 
Followed byTragedy at Law 

Suicide Excepted is a 1939 detective novel by the British writer Cyril Hare.[1] It was his third novel to feature Inspector Mallett of Scotland Yard, one of the numerous investigators of the Golden Age of Detective Fiction.[2] Mallet takes a back seat for the middle of the novel and much of the detective work is done by three amateur detectives.[3]

References

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  1. ^ Reilly p.730
  2. ^ Magill p.842
  3. ^ Murphy p.233

Bibliography

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  • Hubin, Allen J. Crime Fiction, 1749-1980: A Comprehensive Bibliography. Garland Publishing, 1984.
  • Magill, Frank Northen. Critical Survey of Mystery and Detective Fiction: Authors, Volume 1. Salem Press, 1988.
  • Murphy, Bruce F. The Encyclopedia of Murder and Mystery. Springer, 1999.
  • Reilly, John M. Twentieth Century Crime & Mystery Writers. Springer, 2015.