Murder in Chelsea explained

Murder in Chelsea
Author:	E.C.R. Lorac
Country:	United Kingdom
Language:	English
Series:	Chief Inspector MacDonald
Genre:	Detective
Publisher:	Sampson Low Macauley (US)
Release Date:	1934
Media Type:	Print
Preceded By:	Murder in St. John's Wood
Followed By:	The Organ Speaks

Murder in Chelsea is a 1934 detective novel by E.C.R. Lorac, the pen name of the British writer Edith Caroline Rivett.^{[1] [2]} It is the seventh book featuring Chief Inspector MacDonald of Scotland Yard who appeared in a lengthy series of novels during the Golden Age of Detective Fiction.^[3]

Synopsis

A young woman, a keen bibliophile and co-owner of a bookshop, is found gassed to death in the bed of her Chelsea home.

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.259-60