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Author | Anthony Gilbert |
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Language | English |
Series | Scott Egerton |
Genre | Mystery thriller |
Publisher |
William Collins, Sons (UK) Dial Press (US) |
Publication date | 1927 |
Publication place | United Kingdom |
Media type | |
Followed by | The Murder of Mrs. Davenport |
The Tragedy at Freyne is a 1927 mystery detective novel by Anthony Gilbert, the pen name of British writer Lucy Beatrice Malleson, [1] her first novel under the pseudonym. It introduced the amateur detective Scott Egerton, who was her principal character until the creation of Arthur Crook in Murder by Experts. [2]
Sir Simon Chandos is found dead in his library with a confession written in front of him and a bottle of morphia tablets by his side, it appears to be an obvious case of suicide. However one of the guests at the country house notices a slight discrepancy and launches his own amateur investigation into the death.