| Situation Vacant | |
| Author: | Cecil Street |
| Country: | United Kingdom |
| Language: | English |
| Series: | Desmond Merrion |
| Genre: | Detective |
| Release Date: | 1946 |
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| Preceded By: | The Cat Jumps |
| Followed By: | Heir 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.
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.