The Spinster's Secret is a 1946 mystery detective novel by Anthony Gilbert, the pen name of British writer Lucy Beatrice Malleson. First published in London by the Collins Crime Club it is the eighteenth in her long-running series featuring the unscrupulous London solicitor Arthur Crook, one of the more unorthodox investigators of the Golden Age of Detective Fiction.[1] It was published in the United States by Barnes under the alternative title By Hook or By Crook.[2]

The Spinster's Secret
First edition
AuthorAnthony Gilbert
LanguageEnglish
SeriesArthur Crook
GenreMystery thriller
PublisherCollins Crime Club (UK)
A.S. Barnes (US)
Publication date
1946
Publication placeUnited Kingdom
Media typePrint
Preceded byThe Black Stage 
Followed byDeath in the Wrong Room 

References

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  1. ^ Murphy p.120
  2. ^ Reilly p.660

Bibliography

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  • 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.