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Author | Lynn Brock |
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Language | English |
Series | Colonel Gore |
Genre | Detective |
Publisher | William Collins, Sons (UK) Harper & Brothers (US) |
Publication date | 1924 |
Publication place | United Kingdom |
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Followed by | Colonel Gore’s Second Case |
The Deductions of Colonel Gore is a 1924 detective novel by the Irish-born writer Lynn Brock. It was the first in his series of seven novels featuring the character of Colonel Wyckham Gore.[1] Gore enjoyed popularity during the early stages of the Golden Age of Detective Fiction. It was also published under the alternative title The Barrington Mystery.
Synopsis
[edit]Colonel Gore gives a Masai knife as a wedding present to Barbara Lethbridge. When he returns to England the following year he finds she stands accused or murder, as the knife has been plunged into a blackmailer Barrington with whom she is involved. Against his better instincts Gore takes on the role of amateur detective in order to clear her name.
References
[edit]- ^ Reilly p.198
Bibliography
[edit]- Reilly, John M. Twentieth Century Crime & Mystery Writers. Springer, 2015.