Old Mrs. Fitzgerald

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Old Mrs. Fitzgerald
First edition
AuthorAnne Hocking
CountryUnited Kingdom
LanguageEnglish
SeriesChief Inspector William Austen
GenreMystery crime
PublisherGeoffrey Bles
Publication date
August 1939
Media typePrint
Followed byThe Wicked Flee 

Old Mrs. Fitzgerald is a 1939 detective novel by the British writer Anne Hocking. It was the first novel in her long-running series featuring Chief Inspector William Austen of Scotland Yard.[1] Austen was one of a large number of investigators operating during the Golden Age of Detective Fiction. It was originally serialised in The Sunday Post. Reviewing the novel for The Observer Maurice Richardson wrote a favourable review..

References[edit]

  1. ^ Reilly p.794

Bibliography[edit]

  • Hubin, Allen J. 1981-1985 Supplement to Crime Fiction, 1749-1980. Garland Pub., 1988.
  • Reilly, John M. Twentieth Century Crime & Mystery Writers. Springer, 2015.