Death in fancy dress /
Gilbert, Anthony, 1899-1973,
Death in fancy dress / Anthony Gilbert ; with an introduction by Martin Edwards. - xii, 249 pages ; 20 cm. - British Library crime classics . - British Library crime classics. .
"Death in fancy dress" originally published in 1933. "Horseshoes for luck" and "The cockroach and the tortoise" first published in Detection Medley in 1939.
Death in fancy dress -- Horseshoes for luck -- The cockroach and the tortoise.
"The British Secret Service, working to uncover a large-scale blackmail ring and catch its mastermind 'The Spider,' find themselves at the country residence Feltham Abbey, where a fancy-dress ball is in full swing. In the chaos of celebration, Sir Ralph Feltham is discovered dead and Tony, a bewildered yet curious guest, sets out to make sense of the night's activities as well as the motives of the other benevolent-appearing partygoers. This classic country house mystery, first published in 1933, contrasts the frivolities of the English upper classes with the impact of the First World War"--
9781464212253 1464212252
2019049487
Great Britain. MI6.
Detective and mystery stories, English.
Balls (Parties)--Fiction.
Murder--Investigation--Fiction.
Historical fiction.
Detective and mystery fiction.
Death in fancy dress / Anthony Gilbert ; with an introduction by Martin Edwards. - xii, 249 pages ; 20 cm. - British Library crime classics . - British Library crime classics. .
"Death in fancy dress" originally published in 1933. "Horseshoes for luck" and "The cockroach and the tortoise" first published in Detection Medley in 1939.
Death in fancy dress -- Horseshoes for luck -- The cockroach and the tortoise.
"The British Secret Service, working to uncover a large-scale blackmail ring and catch its mastermind 'The Spider,' find themselves at the country residence Feltham Abbey, where a fancy-dress ball is in full swing. In the chaos of celebration, Sir Ralph Feltham is discovered dead and Tony, a bewildered yet curious guest, sets out to make sense of the night's activities as well as the motives of the other benevolent-appearing partygoers. This classic country house mystery, first published in 1933, contrasts the frivolities of the English upper classes with the impact of the First World War"--
9781464212253 1464212252
2019049487
Great Britain. MI6.
Detective and mystery stories, English.
Balls (Parties)--Fiction.
Murder--Investigation--Fiction.
Historical fiction.
Detective and mystery fiction.