Lucy, Anthony and Anne

The crime fiction of Lucy Beatrice Malleson deserves to be better known.

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Mentioned in this episode:

— Three-A-Penny by Lucy Malleson

— Cat and the Canary by John Willard

— The Man Who Was London by J. Kilmeny Keith

— “The Lay of the Last Minstrel” by Walter Scott

— Little Women by Louisa May Alcott

— The Tragedy at Freyne by Anthony Gilbert

— The Division Bell Mystery by Ellen Wilkinson

— Death at Four Corners by Anthony Gilbert

— An Old Lady Dies by Anthony Gilbert

— The Mystery of the Open Window by Anthony Gilbert

— The Night in the Fog by Anthony Gilbert

— Portrait of a Murderer by Anne Meredith

— Death in Fancy Dress by Anthony Gilbert

— The Man in Button Boots by Anthony Gilbert

— Courtier to Death by Anthony Gilbert

— Murder by Experts by Anthony Gilbert

— A Nice Little Killing by Anthony Gilbert

— Death Wears a Mask by Anthony Gilbert

— Death in the Wrong Room by Anthony Gilbert

— The Vanishing Corpse by Anthony Gilbert

— The Woman in Red by Anthony Gilbert

— Lady Killer by Anthony Gilbert

— Death Takes A Wife by Anthony Gilbert

— The Murder of Roger Ackroyd by Agatha Christie

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