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The Colour of Murder

The Colour of Murder
First edition
AuthorJulian Symons
LanguageEnglish
GenreCrime
PublisherCollins Crime Club
Publication date
1957
Publication placeUnited Kingdom
Media typePrint
Pages224
ISBN1464210896

The Colour of Murder is a 1957 crime novel by the British writer Julian Symons.[1] It was awarded the Gold Dagger of the Crime Writers' Association for that year.[2] It was republished by British Library Publishing in 2018 along with another Symons novel The Belting Inheritance.

Plot

Unhappily married John Wilkins meets Sheila, an attractive young librarian. He fantasises about killing his wife, so he can leave her and start a new life with Sheila.

References

  1. ^ Bargainnier, Earl F. Twelve Englishmen of Mystery. Popular Press, 1984. p. 209. ISBN 0879722495.
  2. ^ Winks, Robin W. & Corrigan, Maureen. Mystery and Suspense Writers: The Literature of Crime, Detection, and Espionage, Volume 2. Charles Scribner's, 1998. p. 902. ISBN 0684805197.

Bibliography

  • Walsdorf, John J. & Allen, Bonnie J. Julian Symons: A Bibliography. Oak Knoll Press, 1996.


Quelle: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Colour_of_Murder