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Death at Dyke's Corner

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Death at Dyke's Corner
First edition
AuthorE.C.R. Lorac
LanguageEnglish
SeriesChief Inspector MacDonald
GenreDetective
PublisherCollins Crime Club (UK)
Doubleday (US)
Publication date
1940
Publication placeUnited Kingdom
Media typePrint
Preceded byTryst for a Tragedy 
Followed byCase in the Clinic 

Death at Dyke's Corner is a 1940 detective novel by E.C.R. Lorac, the pen name of the British writer Edith Caroline Rivett.[1][2] It is the nineteenth in her long-running series featuring Chief Inspector MacDonald of Scotland Yard, a Golden Age detective who relies on standard police procedure to solve his cases.[3]

Synopsis

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When a stationary car is struck by an oncoming lorry at a very dangerous hairpin bend known as Dyke's Corner and the driver killed it seems an obvious accident. However, MacDonald's methodical investigations reveal it was in fact a cleverly contrived murder.

References

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  1. ^ Nichols & Thompson p.476
  2. ^ Hubin p.254
  3. ^ Reilly p.260

Bibliography

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  • Cooper, John & 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 & Thompson, Susan. Silk Stalkings: More Women Write of Murder. Scarecrow Press, 1998.
  • Reilly, John M. Twentieth Century Crime & Mystery Writers. Springer, 2015.