The Long Shadow (Gilbert novel)

The Long Shadow

First edition
Author	Anthony Gilbert
Language	English
Series	Scott Egerton
Genre	Mystery thriller
Publisher	Collins Crime Club
Publication date	1932
Publication place	United Kingdom
Media type	Print
Preceded by	The Body on the Beam
Followed by	The Musical Comedy Crime

The Long Shadow is a 1932 mystery detective novel by Anthony Gilbert, the pen name of British writer Lucy Beatrice Malleson.[1] It is the seventh of ten novels in a series featuring her amateur detective and politician Scott Egerton, a precursor to her better known creation Arthur Crook.[2]

Synopsis

Mademoiselle Robert had twenty five years earlier been a celebrated star on the Parisian stage before drifting in anonymity. Now she has been founded dead in a slum-like tenement in London, with a knife through her heart.

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.