When a stationary car is struck by an oncoming lorry at a very dangerous hairpin bend known as Dyke's Corner and the driver killed it seems an obvious accident. However, MacDonald's methodical investigations reveal it was in fact a cleverly contrived murder.
death, dyke, corner, 1940, detective, novel, lorac, name, british, writer, edith, caroline, rivett, nineteenth, long, running, series, featuring, chief, inspector, macdonald, scotland, yard, golden, detective, relies, standard, police, procedure, solve, cases,. Death at Dyke s Corner is a 1940 detective novel by E C R Lorac the pen name of the British writer Edith Caroline Rivett 1 2 It is the nineteenth in her long running series featuring Chief Inspector MacDonald of Scotland Yard a Golden Age detective who relies on standard police procedure to solve his cases 3 Death at Dyke s CornerFirst editionAuthorE C R LoracCountryUnited KingdomLanguageEnglishSeriesChief Inspector MacDonaldGenreDetectivePublisherCollins Crime Club UK Doubleday US Publication date1940Media typePrintPreceded byTryst for a Tragedy Followed byCase in the Clinic Synopsis editWhen a stationary car is struck by an oncoming lorry at a very dangerous hairpin bend known as Dyke s Corner and the driver killed it seems an obvious accident However MacDonald s methodical investigations reveal it was in fact a cleverly contrived murder 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 at Dyke 27s Corner amp oldid 1083534012, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
