''The Slip-Carriage Mystery'' is a 1928

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by the Irish-born writer

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. It was the fourth novel in his series featuring the character of Colonel Wyckham Gore.Reilly p.198 The previous novels in the series established Gore a popular character during the early stages of the

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. A review in the ''

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'' observed "The multiplication of false leads at the beginning is carried a little too far, and the story is at its best when the movement is greatest as it approaches and reaches its end".

Synopsis

Sir William Ireland, a wealthy

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owner is found stabbed to death in his private compartment, a slip-carriage, one October night. Around a year later the

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call in

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Colonel Gore to examine the case, with several key suspects including Ireland's wife, her lover and the estate manager all having motives for killing the businessman.

References

Bibliography

* Reilly, John M. ''Twentieth Century Crime & Mystery Writers''. Springer, 2015.

External links

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