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]

Murder in the Maze
AuthorJ.J. Connington
LanguageEnglish
SeriesSir Clinton Driffield
GenreDetective
PublisherErnest Benn
Publication date
1927
Publication placeUnited Kingdom
Media typePrint
Followed byTragedy at Ravensthorpe 

References

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  1. ^ Murphy p.152
  2. ^ Reilly p.346
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Bibliography

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  • Evans, Curtis. Masters of the "Humdrum" Mystery: Cecil John Charles Street, Freeman Wills Crofts, Alfred Walter Stewart and the British Detective Novel, 1920-1961. McFarland, 2014.
  • Hubin, Allen J. Crime Fiction, 1749-1980: A Comprehensive Bibliography. Garland Publishing, 1984.
  • Murphy, Bruce F. The Encyclopedia of Murder and Mystery. Springer, 1999.
  • Reilly, John M. Twentieth Century Crime & Mystery Writers. Springer, 2015.
  • James, Russell. Great British Fictional Detectives. Remember When, 2009.