An Old Lady Dies

An Old Lady Dies

First edition
Author	Anthony Gilbert
Language	English
Series	Scott Egerton
Genre	Mystery thriller
Publisher	Collins Crime Club
Publication date	1934
Publication place	United Kingdom
Media type	Print
Preceded by	The Musical Comedy Crime
Followed by	The Man Who Was Too Clever

An Old Lady Dies is a 1934 mystery detective novel by Anthony Gilbert, the pen name of British writer Lucy Beatrice Malleson.[1] It is the ninth of ten novels in a series featuring her amateur detective and politician Scott Egerton, a precursor to her better known creation Arthur Crook.[2] It was reviewed in the Sunday Times by Dorothy L. Sayers.

Synopsis

A wealthy old lady enjoys keeping her impecunious relatives on tenterhooks about her will, enjoying the power she wields over them. When she dies from an overdose of morphine her niece is arrested by the police.

References

1. Reilly p.659
2. Murphy p.160

Bibliography

• 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.