The Scarlet Button
 First Edition (US) | |
| Author | Anthony Gilbert |
|---|---|
| Language | English |
| Series | Arthur Crook |
| Genre | Mystery thriller |
| Publisher | Collins Crime Club (UK) Smith and Durrell (US) |
Publication date | 1944 |
| Publication place | United Kingdom |
| Media type | |
| Preceded by | He Came by Night |
| Followed by | Don't Open the Door |
The Scarlet Button is a 1944 mystery thriller novel by Anthony Gilbert, the pen name of British writer Lucy Beatrice Malleson.[1] It is the fourteenth in her series featuring the London solicitor Arthur Crook, one of the more unscrupulous detectives of the Golden Age.[2] It was published in the United States, initially under the same name and later with the alternative title Murder is Cheap.
Synopsis
James Chigwell a prolific blackmailer is discovered bludgeoned to death. The murderer may be any one of his large number of victims.
References
Bibliography
- Magill, Frank Northen . Critical Survey of Mystery and Detective Fiction: Authors, Volume 2. Salem Press, 1988.
- Murphy, Bruce F. The Encyclopedia of Murder and Mystery. Springer, 1999.
- Reilly, John M. Twentieth Century Crime & Mystery Writers. Springer, 2015.