Death of Jezebel

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| author = Christianna Brand

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| country = United Kingdom

| language = English

| series = Inspector Cockrill

| genre = Mystery

| publisher = Bodley Head

| release_date = 1948

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| preceded_by = Suddenly at His Residence

| followed_by = London Particular

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Death of Jezebel is a 1948 mystery crime novel by the British author Christianna Brand.Reilly p.170 It is the fourth entry in the series featuring the fictional police detective Inspector Cockerill, and sees him working alongside Inspector Charlesworth a character from Brand's debut novel Death in High Heels.

Synopsis

Isabel Drew, a beautiful and arrogant actress, has widely been known as Jezebel since she drove her best friend's fiancé to kill himself. While performing in a medieval extravaganza in London she and other cast members receive letters threatening to kill them.

References

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Bibliography

  • Bargainnier, Earl F. & Dove George N. Cops and Constables: American and British Fictional Policemen. Popular Press, 1986.
  • Gaines, Janet Howe . Music in the Old Bones: Jezebel Through the Ages. SIU Press, 1999.
  • Reilly, John M. Twentieth Century Crime & Mystery Writers. Springer, 2015.

Category:1948 British novels

Category:Novels by Christianna Brand

Category:British crime novels

Category:Novels set in London

Category:British detective novels

Category:The Bodley Head books

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