The Mystery of the Open Window

The Mystery of the Open Window is a 1929 mystery detective novel by Anthony Gilbert, the pen name of British writer Lucy Beatrice Malleson.[1] It is the fourth novel in a series featuring her amateur detective, the politician Scott Egerton.[2] Unlike the rest of the series it was published by Gollancz rather than Collins.[3] It takes the form of a locked room mystery, a popular branch of the genre during the Golden Age of Detective Fiction.

The Mystery of the Open Window
First US edition
AuthorAnthony Gilbert
CountryUnited Kingdom
LanguageEnglish
SeriesScott Egerton
GenreMystery thriller
PublisherGollancz
Dodd, Mead (US)
Publication date
1929
Media typePrint
Preceded byDeath at Four Corners 
Followed byThe Night of the Fog 

Synopsis

By coincidence, Egerton is at a disreputable inn in Paris when the proprietor is visited by the wealthy Sir Henry Archer, owner of the famous Archer Library, carrying several valuable books with him. Obviously in a state of terror, he demands that his room be locked and his window barred. Nonetheless the following morning he is found in bed, stabbed to death.

References
  1. Reilly p.659
  2. Murphy p.160
  3. Reilly p.659

Bibliography
  • 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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