When millionaire Hilary Vanbrugh is found shot dead in the summer house of the garden of his residence in St John's Wood, it appears to be suicide. However Vanbrugh had so many enemies and certain inconsistencies in the manner of death leads to MacDonald being appointed to the case.
murder, john, wood, 1934, detective, novel, lorac, name, british, writer, edith, caroline, rivett, sixth, book, featuring, chief, inspector, macdonald, scotland, yard, appeared, lengthy, series, novels, during, golden, detective, fiction, first, editionauthore. Murder in St John s Wood is a 1934 detective novel by E C R Lorac the pen name of the British writer Edith Caroline Rivett 1 2 It is the sixth book featuring Chief Inspector MacDonald of Scotland Yard who appeared in a lengthy series of novels during the Golden Age of Detective Fiction 3 Murder in St John s WoodFirst editionAuthorE C R LoracCountryUnited KingdomLanguageEnglishSeriesChief Inspector MacDonaldGenreDetectivePublisherSampson Low Macauley US Publication date1934Media typePrintPreceded byDeath on the Oxford Road Followed byMurder in Chelsea Synopsis editWhen millionaire Hilary Vanbrugh is found shot dead in the summer house of the garden of his residence in St John s Wood it appears to be suicide However Vanbrugh had so many enemies and certain inconsistencies in the manner of death leads to MacDonald being appointed to the case References edit Nichols amp Thompson p 476 Hubin p 254 Reilly p 259 60Bibliography 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 crime novel of the 1930s 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 Murder in St John 27s Wood amp oldid 1108170959, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
