Miss Brown of X. Y. O. is a 1927 mystery thriller novel by the British writer E. Phillips Oppenheim.[1] It was notable amongst thrillers of the time for its use of an everyday female character as heroine.[2][3]
 First edition (UK) | |
| Author | E. Phillips Oppenheim |
|---|---|
| Language | English |
| Genre | Thriller |
| Publisher | Hodder and Stoughton Little, Brown (US) |
Publication date | 1927 |
| Publication place | United Kingdom |
| Media type | |
Synopsis
editMiss Brown is a respectable London-based typist is walking through the fog-covered streets of Kensington when she is urgently called in to type down a letter for Colonel Dessiter who has just killed a foreign spy and has been shot himself in the process. The message reveals an anarchistic plot to plunge Europe into a fresh war.
References
editBibliography
edit- Betz, Phyllis M. Reading the Cozy Mystery: Critical Essays on an Underappreciated Subgenre. McFarland, 2021.
- Ehland, Christoph & Wachter, Cornelia. Middlebrow and Gender, 1890-1945. BRILL, 2016.
- Reilly, John M. Twentieth Century Crime & Mystery Writers. Springer, 2015.
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