A Pall for a Painter explained

A Pall for a Painter
Author:	E.C.R. Lorac
Country:	United Kingdom
Language:	English
Series:	Chief Inspector MacDonald
Genre:	Detective
Release Date:	1936
Media Type:	Print
Followed By:	Post 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.

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.

Notes and References

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