| The Night of the Fog | |
| Author: | Anthony Gilbert |
| Country: | United Kingdom |
| Language: | English |
| Series: | Scott Egerton |
| Genre: | Mystery thriller |
| Publisher: | Gollancz (UK) Dodd, Mead & Co. (US) |
| Release Date: | 1930 |
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| Preceded By: | The Mystery of the Open Window |
| Followed By: | The Body on the Beam |
The Night of the Fog is a 1930 mystery detective novel by Anthony Gilbert, the pen name of British writer Lucy Beatrice Malleson.[1] It is the fifth of ten novels in a series featuring her amateur detective and politician Scott Egerton, a precursor to her better known creation Arthur Crook.[2]
Egerton joins forces with an ex-secret service agent to assist the wealthy Jasper Hilton who has been threatened by a serious of anonymous letters. Shortly after they have appeared to solve the case, however, Hilton is murdered.