A Pall for a Painter
First edition
AuthorE.C.R. Lorac
CountryUnited Kingdom
LanguageEnglish
SeriesChief Inspector MacDonald
GenreDetective
PublisherCollins Crime Club
Publication date
1936
Media typePrint
Preceded byCrime Counter Crime 
Followed byPost After Post-Mortem 

A Pall for a Painter is a 1936 detective novel by E.C.R. Lorac, the pen name of the British writer Edith Caroline Rivett.[1][2] It is the tenth 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

MacDonald is called in to solve a murder that took place in an art school in Central London.

References

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

Bibliography

  • 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.


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