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Ask a Policeman (novel)

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Ask a Policeman
First edition
AuthorE.C.R. Lorac
LanguageEnglish
SeriesChief Inspector MacDonald
GenreDetective
PublisherCollins Crime Club
Publication date
1955
Publication placeUnited Kingdom
Media typePrint
Preceded byLet Well Alone 
Followed byMurder in Vienna 

Ask a Policeman is a 1955 detective novel by E.C.R. Lorac, the pen name of the British writer Edith Caroline Rivett.[1][2] It is the forty first in her long-running series featuring Chief Inspector MacDonald of Scotland Yard.[3] Published by the Collins Crime Club, the title references the popular music hall song Ask a Policeman.

Synopsis

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An elderly lady, a leftover from the Edwardian era, reports the disappearance of her nephew, a journalist. What seems at first a routine case quickly becomes a hunt for a murderer when the police investigate his last known address, a large rambling house in St John's Wood. Efforts to discover the truth are further hampered by the death or disappearance of several witnesses.

References

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  1. ^ Nichols & Thompson p.476
  2. ^ Hubin p.254
  3. ^ Reilly p.260

Bibliography

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  • Cooper, John & Pike, B.A. Artists in Crime: An Illustrated Survey of Crime Fiction First Edition Dustwrappers, 1920–1970. Scolar Press, 1995.
  • Hubin, Allen J. Crime Fiction, 1749–1980: A Comprehensive Bibliography. Garland Publishing, 1984.
  • Nichols, Victoria & Thompson, Susan. Silk Stalkings: More Women Write of Murder. Scarecrow Press, 1998.
  • Reilly, John M. Twentieth Century Crime & Mystery Writers. Springer, 2015.