Situation Vacant
First edition (UK)
AuthorCecil Street
CountryUnited Kingdom
LanguageEnglish
SeriesDesmond Merrion
GenreDetective
PublisherCollins
Publication date
1946
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

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

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

Bibliography

  • 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.


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