TY  - BOOK
AU  - Gilbert,Anthony
AU  - Gilbert,Anthony
AU  - Gilbert,Anthony
AU  - Gilbert,Anthony
AU  - Edwards,Martin
TI  - Death in fancy dress
T2  - British Library crime classics
SN  - 9781464212253
PY  - 2020///]
CY  - Naperville, Illinois
PB  - Poisoned Pen Press
KW  - Great Britain
KW  - MI6
KW  - Detective and mystery stories, English
KW  - Balls (Parties)
KW  - Fiction
KW  - Murder
KW  - Investigation
KW  - Historical fiction
KW  - lcgft
KW  - Detective and mystery fiction
N1  - "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
N2  - "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"--
ER  -