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Situation Vacant

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Situation Vacant
First edition (UK)
AuthorCecil Street
LanguageEnglish
SeriesDesmond Merrion
GenreDetective
PublisherCollins
Publication date
1946
Publication placeUnited Kingdom
Media typePrint
Preceded byThe Cat Jumps 
Followed byHeir to Lucifer 

Situation Vacant is a 1946 detective novel by the British writer Cecil Street, writing under the pen name of Miles Burton.[1] It was the thirty fourth entry in a lengthy series of books featuring the detective Desmond Merrion and Inspector Arnold of Scotland Yard.[2] As with much of the series it takes place in rural England.

Synopsis

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Two secretaries working for Mrs. Whyttington, owner of a manor house in a small village, die of poisoning within a few months of each other.

References

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  1. ^ Evans p.269
  2. ^ Reilly p.1259

Bibliography

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  • Evans, Curtis. Masters of the "Humdrum" Mystery: Cecil John Charles Street, Freeman Wills Crofts, Alfred Walter Stewart and the British Detective Novel, 1920-1961. McFarland, 2014.
  • Herbert, Rosemary. Whodunit?: A Who's Who in Crime & Mystery Writing. Oxford University Press, 2003.
  • Reilly, John M. Twentieth Century Crime & Mystery Writers. Springer, 2015.