''The Dagwort Coombe Murder'' is a 1929

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by the Irish-born writer

Lynn Brock Alexander Patrick McAllister (4 July 1877 — 6 April 1943) was an Irish-English writer, best known for a series of mystery novels written under the pen name Lynn Brock. He also used pen name Alister McAllister and wrote several plays as Anthony ...

. It was the first stand-alone novel by Brock following the success of his Golden age detective Colonel Gore.Reilly p.189 It was published in the United States with the

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''The Stoke Silver Case''.

Synopsis

While searching for an idea for her next work,

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Sarah Virginia Langley goes on holiday with her friend Susan Yatt, to the

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in rural

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. While at Dagwort Coombe she attempts to solve the murder of the owner of the

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Stoke Silver Park. Widely disliked he has several enemies who may have killed him.

References

Bibliography

* Hubin, Allen J. ''Crime Fiction, 1749-1980: A Comprehensive Bibliography''. Garland Publishing, 1984. * Reilly, John M. ''Twentieth Century Crime & Mystery Writers''. Springer, 2015.

External links

Full text of ''The Stoke Silver Case''
(U.S. edition) at HathiTrust Digital Library 1929 British novels British mystery novels British thriller novels Novels by Lynn Brock Novels set in Somerset British detective novels Collins Crime Club books Harper & Brothers books Irish mystery novels category:Irish detective novels {{1920s-mystery-novel-stub Mystery novels set in England