Treason in My Breast is a 1938 mystery detective novel by Anthony Gilbert, the pen name of British writer Lucy Beatrice Malleson.[1][2] It is the fourth in her long-running series featuring the unscrupulous London solicitor and detective Arthur Crook.[3] Crook became one of the established characters of the Golden Age of Detective Fiction, although in this case the novel was more similar to a Victorian melodrama than a conventional whodunnit.
 First edition (UK) | |
| Author | Anthony Gilbert |
|---|---|
| Language | English |
| Series | Arthur Crook |
| Genre | Mystery thriller |
| Publisher | Collins Crime Club |
Publication date | 1938 |
| Publication place | United Kingdom |
| Media type | |
| Preceded by | Murder Has No Tongue |
| Followed by | The Clock in the Hatbox |
Synopsis
editFrom her window, a housewife believes she has witnessed the build-up to a murder of a young woman in the flat opposite. She calls in Arthur Crook to assist her in unravelling what seems to be an ingenious attempt to steal a large inheritance.
References
editBibliography
edit- 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.
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