Snake in the Grass(novel)
 First edition (UK) | |
| Author | Anthony Gilbert |
|---|---|
| Language | English |
| Series | Arthur Crook |
| Genre | Mystery thriller |
| Publisher | Collins Crime Club(UK) Harper & Brothers(US) |
Publication date | 1954 |
| Publication place | United Kingdom |
| Media type | |
| Preceded by | Footsteps Behind Me |
| Followed by | Is She Dead Too? |
Snake in the Grassis a 1954mysterydetective novelbyAnthony Gilbert,the pen name of British writer Lucy Beatrice Malleson. It is the twenty eighth in her long-running series featuring the unscrupuloussolicitorand detective Arthur Crook.[1]It was published in the United States under thealternative titleDeath Won't Wait.[2]Reviewing it in theNew York TimesAnthony Boucherdescribed it "one of Gilbert’s duller books", while other reviews were more praiseworthy.
Synopsis
[edit]A man is accosted on aLondonstreet by an attractive young woman who begs him for the loan of apound,explaining that she is fleeing from her husband. She promptly disappears, and her husband is found dead, Arthur Crook becomes involved in the case which plays out amidst theblack marketeersandbombed-outbuildings of the post-war capital.
References
[edit]Bibliography
[edit]- Magill, Frank Northen.Critical Survey of Mystery and Detective Fiction: Authors, Volume 2.Salem Press, 1988.
- Murphy, Bruce F.The Encyclopedia of Murder and Mystery.Springer, 1999.
- Reilly, John M.Twentieth Century Crime & Mystery Writers.Springer, 2015.
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