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Ask a policeman / by Anthony Berkeley, Milward Kennedy, Gladys Mitchell, John Rhode, Dorothy L. Sayers & Helen Simpson.

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HarperCollins Publishers, 2013.

Detectives -- Fiction.

Murder -- Investigation -- Fiction.

9780007468638 (pbk.)

Eightieth Anniversary ed.

xx, 311 p. : map ; 18 cm.

Originally published in 1933.

Preface by Agatha Christie.

"By members of The Detection Club"--Cover.

"Lord Comstock is a barbarous newspaper tycoon with enemies in high places. His murder poses a dilemma for the Home Secretary: with suspicion falling on the Chief Whip, an Archbishop, and the Assistant Commissioner for Scotland Yard, the impartiality of any police investigation is threatened. Abandoning protocol, he invites four famous detectives to solve the case: Mrs Adela Bradley, Sir John Saumarez, Lord Peter Wimsey, and Mr Roger Sheringham. All are on their own--and none of them can ask a policeman. This unique whodunit involved four of the 1930's best crime writers swapping their usual detectives and indulging in sly parodies of each other. It is introduced by Martin Edwards, and includes an exclusive preface by Agatha Christie, 'Detective Writers in England', in which she discusses Sherlock Holmes, Hercule Poirot, and her Detection Club colleagues."--Publisher.

Mystery fiction.

Berkeley, Anthony, 1893-1971.

Kennedy, Milward, 1894-1968.

Mitchell, Gladys, 1901-1983.

Rhode, John, 1884-1964.

Sayers, Dorothy L. (Dorothy Leigh), 1893-1957.

Simpson, Helen, 1897-1940.

Christie, Agatha, 1890-1976.

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