Death at Four Corners

Death at Four Corners

First edition UK
Author	Anthony Gilbert
Language	English
Series	Scott Egerton
Genre	Mystery thriller
Publisher	William Collins, Sons (UK) Dial Press (US)
Publication date	1929
Publication place	United Kingdom
Media type	Print
Preceded by	The Murder of Mrs. Davenport
Followed by	The Mystery of the Open Window

Death at Four Corners is a 1929 mystery detective novel by Anthony Gilbert, the pen name of British writer Lucy Beatrice Malleson.[1][2] It is the third novel in a series featuring her amateur detective Scott Egerton.

Synopsis

A man in clerical clothing is found shot dead near Fourt Corner, the seaside country estate of Sir Gervase Blount who immediately comes under suspicion of murder. In particular Blount appears to have been protecting his wife who has been blackmailed by the dead man. The answer is methodically worked out by the detective.

References

1. Reilly p.659
2. Fielding p.81

Bibliography

• Fielding, Steven . A State of Play: British Politics on Screen, Stage and Page, from Anthony Trollope to The Thick of It. A&C Black, 2014.
• 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.