The Man Who Was Too Clever
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First edition | |
| Author | Anthony Gilbert |
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| Language | English |
| Series | Scott Egerton |
| Genre | Mystery thriller |
| Publisher | Collins Crime Club |
Publication date | 1935 |
| Publication place | United Kingdom |
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| Preceded by | An Old Lady Dies |
The Man Who Was Too Clever is a 1935 mystery detective novel by Anthony Gilbert, the pen name of British writer Lucy Beatrice Malleson.[1] It is the tenth and last in a series of novels featuring her amateur detective and politician Scott Egerton.[2] The following year she introduced a new character, the unscrupulous solicitor Arthur Crook, in Murder by Experts.