A wealthy old man is apparently dying, with numerous expectant relatives. However his growing affection for the attractive nurse caring for him leads him to propose marriage to her. His health recovers and his relatives are despondent. Which makes it all the more suspicious when he dies shortly before the marriage.
part, poisoner, 1948, detective, novel, lorac, name, british, writer, edith, caroline, rivett, thirty, first, long, running, series, featuring, chief, inspector, macdonald, scotland, yard, more, conventional, detectives, golden, detective, fiction, relies, sta. Part for a Poisoner 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 thirty first in her long running series featuring Chief Inspector MacDonald of Scotland Yard one of the more conventional 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 Place for a Poisoner Part for a PoisonerFirst editionAuthorE C R LoracCountryUnited KingdomLanguageEnglishSeriesChief Inspector MacDonaldGenreDetectivePublisherCollins Crime Club UK Doubleday US Publication date1948Media typePrintPreceded byDeath Before Dinner Followed byStill Waters Synopsis editA wealthy old man is apparently dying with numerous expectant relatives However his growing affection for the attractive nurse caring for him leads him to propose marriage to her His health recovers and his relatives are despondent Which makes it all the more suspicious when he dies shortly before the marriage 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 Part for a Poisoner amp oldid 1082913034, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
