Miss Pinnegar Disappears

Miss Pinnegar Disappears

First edition
Author	Anthony Gilbert
Language	English
Series	Arthur Crook
Genre	Mystery thriller
Publisher	Collins Harper (US)
Publication date	1952
Publication place	United Kingdom
Media type	Print
Preceded by	Lady Killer
Followed by	Footsteps Behind Me

Miss Pinnegar Disappears is a 1952 mystery detective novel by Anthony Gilbert, the pen name of British writer Lucy Beatrice Malleson. It is the twenty sixth in her long-running series featuring the unscrupulous solicitor and detective Arthur Crook.[1] Crook first appeared during the Golden Age of Detective Fiction, but the series ran for several decades. It was published in the United States under the alternative title A Case for Mr. Crook.[2]

Synopsis

Crook meets Frances Pinnegar at a bus stop and after giving her a lift home offers her his card in case she ever needs his professional services. Miss Pinnegar is a respectable retired nurse so this hardly seems likely. However when trouble arises some months later she sends him an urgent phone message, but he gets there too late as she has already vanished.

References

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

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.