Snake in the Grass (novel)

Snake in the Grass is a 1954 mystery detective novel by Anthony Gilbert, the pen name of British writer Lucy Beatrice Malleson. It is the twenty eighth in her long-running series featuring the unscrupulous solicitor and detective Arthur Crook.[1] It was published in the United States under the alternative title Death Won't Wait.[2] Reviewing it in the New York Times Anthony Boucher described it "one of Gilbert’s duller books", while other reviews were more praiseworthy.

Snake in the Grass
First edition (UK)
AuthorAnthony Gilbert
LanguageEnglish
SeriesArthur Crook
GenreMystery thriller
PublisherCollins Crime Club (UK)
Harper & Brothers (US)
Publication date
1954
Publication placeUnited Kingdom
Media typePrint
Preceded byFootsteps Behind Me 
Followed byIs She Dead Too? 

Synopsis

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A man is accosted on a London street by an attractive young woman who begs him for the loan of a pound, explaining that she is fleeing from her husband. She promptly disappears, and her husband is found dead, Arthur Crook becomes involved in the case which plays out amidst the black marketeers and bombed-out buildings of the post-war capital.

References

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  1. ^ Murphy p.120
  2. ^ Reilly p.660

Bibliography

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  • Magill, Frank Northen . Critical Survey of Mystery and Detective Fiction: Authors, Volume 2. Salem Press, 1988.
  • Murphy, Bruce F. The Encyclopedia of Murder and Mystery. Springer, 1999.
  • Reilly, John M. Twentieth Century Crime & Mystery Writers. Springer, 2015.