During World War II, in a London suffering from bombing raids, eight travellers and writers meet for a formal dinner at a highly-regarded French restaurant. Each believes that they have been invited to become members of the highly prestigious Marco Polo Club, but when no officials of the club arrive they realise that they have been hoaxed. They continue with the dinner anyway but at the end a dead body is discovered. Is there a connection with the hoax? Was the dead man the hoaxer? Chief Inspector Macdonald investigates – and so do some of the other guests. Will more murders follow?
death, before, dinner, 1948, detective, novel, lorac, name, british, writer, edith, caroline, rivett, thirtieth, long, running, series, featuring, chief, inspector, macdonald, scotland, yard, detectives, golden, detective, fiction, relies, standard, police, pr. Death Before Dinner is a 1948 detective novel by E C R Lorac the pen name of the British writer Edith Caroline Rivett 1 2 It is the thirtieth in her long running series featuring Chief Inspector MacDonald of Scotland Yard one of the detectives of the Golden Age of Detective Fiction who relies on standard police procedure to solve his cases 3 It was published in the United States by Doubleday under the alternative title of A Screen for Murder Death Before DinnerFirst edition UK AuthorE C R LoracCountryUnited KingdomLanguageEnglishSeriesChief Inspector MacDonaldGenreDetectivePublisherCollins Crime Club UK Doubleday US Publication date1948Media typePrintPreceded byRelative to Poison Followed byPart for a Poisoner Synopsis editDuring World War II in a London suffering from bombing raids eight travellers and writers meet for a formal dinner at a highly regarded French restaurant Each believes that they have been invited to become members of the highly prestigious Marco Polo Club but when no officials of the club arrive they realise that they have been hoaxed They continue with the dinner anyway but at the end a dead body is discovered Is there a connection with the hoax Was the dead man the hoaxer Chief Inspector Macdonald investigates and so do some of the other guests Will more murders follow References edit Nichols amp Thompson p 476 Hubin p 254 Reilly p 260Bibliography editCooper John amp Pike B A Artists in Crime An Illustrated Survey of Crime Fiction First Edition Dustwrappers 1920 1970 Scolar Press 1995 Hubin Allen J Crime Fiction 1749 1980 A Comprehensive Bibliography Garland Publishing 1984 Nichols Victoria amp Thompson Susan Silk Stalkings More Women Write of Murder Scarecrow Press 1998 Reilly John M Twentieth Century Crime amp Mystery Writers Springer 2015 nbsp This article about a 1940s novel is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it See guidelines for writing about novels Further suggestions might be found on the article s talk page vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Death Before Dinner amp oldid 1160755880, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
