The Deductions of Colonel Gore

1924 novel

The Deductions of Colonel Gore
First edition (UK)
AuthorLynn Brock
CountryUnited Kingdom
LanguageEnglish
SeriesColonel Gore
GenreDetective
PublisherWilliam Collins, Sons (UK)
Harper & Brothers (US)
Publication date
1924
Media typePrint
Followed byColonel Gore’s Second Case 

The Deductions of Colonel Gore is a 1924 detective novel by the Irish-born writer Lynn Brock. It was the first in his series of seven novels featuring the character of Colonel Wyckham Gore.[1] Gore enjoyed popularity during the early stages of the Golden Age of Detective Fiction. It was also published under the alternative title The Barrington Mystery.

Synopsis

Colonel Gore gives a Masai knife as a wedding present to Barbara Lethbridge. When he returns to England the following year he finds she stands accused or murder, as the knife has been plunged into a blackmailer Barrington with whom she is involved. Against his better instincts Gore takes on the role of amateur detective in order to clear her name.

References

  1. ^ Reilly p.198

Bibliography

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