Crossed Skis
First edition
AuthorCarol Carnac
CountryUnited Kingdom
LanguageEnglish
SeriesInspector Julian Rivers
GenreDetective
PublisherCollins Crime Club
Publication date
1952
Media typePrint
Preceded byIt's Her Own Funeral 
Followed byMurder as a Fine Art 

Crossed Skis is a 1952 detective novel by Carol Carnac, the pen name of the British writer Edith Caroline Rivett.[1] It features the character of Inspector Julian Rivers of Scotland Yard, who appeared in fourteen novels by Carnac who under the name E.C.R. Lorac also wrote the better-known series featuring Chief Inspector MacDonald.[2] Originally published by Collins Crime Club, it was reissued in 2020 by the British Library Publishing as part of a group of crime novels from the Golden Age of Detective Fiction.

Synopsis

The investigation of a dead body in London's Bloomsbury takes Rivers to the Austrian Alps to hunt down the murderer amidst the visitors to a ski resort.

References

  1. Nichols & Thompson p.476
  2. Reilly p.259-60

Bibliography

  • Cooper, John & Pike, B.A. Artists in Crime: An Illustrated Survey of Crime Fiction First Edition Dustwrappers, 1920-1970. Scolar Press, 1995.
  • Hubin, Allen J. Crime Fiction, 1749-1980: A Comprehensive Bibliography. Garland Publishing, 1984.
  • Nichols, Victoria & Thompson, Susan. Silk Stalkings: More Women Write of Murder. Scarecrow Press, 1998.
  • Reilly, John M. Twentieth Century Crime & Mystery Writers. Springer, 2015.


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