Murder in the Maze
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Author | J.J. Connington |
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Language | English |
Series | Sir Clinton Driffield |
Genre | Detective |
Publisher | Ernest Benn |
Publication date | 1927 |
Publication place | United Kingdom |
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Followed by | Tragedy at Ravensthorpe |
Murder in the Maze is a 1927 detective novel by the British author Alfred Walter Stewart, published under his pseudonym J.J. Connington.[1] It was the first of seventeen novels featuring his best-known character the Golden Age Detective Sir Clinton Driffield, Chief Constable of an English county. It takes the form of a classic country house mystery. First published in Britain by Ernest Benn, it was released in the United States by Little, Brown and Company.[2]
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