Author | Carol Carnac |
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Country | United Kingdom |
Language | English |
Series | Inspector Julian Rivers |
Genre | Detective |
Publisher | Collins |
Publication date | 1953 |
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Preceded by | Crossed Skis |
Followed by | A Policeman at the Door |
Murder as a Fine Art is a 1953 detective novel by Carol Carnac, the pen name of the British writer Edith Caroline Rivett.[1] It is the ninth of fourteen novels featuring the character of Inspector Julian Rivers of Scotland Yard.[2]
The newly formed Ministry of Fine Arts is seemingly a curse institution. The first minister dies just after taking office and a second not long afterwards. A third death occurs when a huge bust topples down and crushes Edwin Pompfret the permanent secretary of the department.