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Death's Mannikins : Being a Sober Account of Certain Diabolical Happenings Not Untinged with the Odour of Brimstone Which Befell a Respectable Family Living at Exmoor in This Present Year
single work
detective
horror
thriller
Alternative title:
Death Plays with Dolls
Is part of
The Jeffrey Blackburn Stories
1936
series - author
novel
Issue Details:
First known date:
1937...
1937
Death's Mannikins : Being a Sober Account of Certain Diabolical Happenings Not Untinged with the Odour of Brimstone Which Befell a Respectable Family Living at Exmoor in This Present Year
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'Freelance sleuth Jeffery Blackburn is called in by friend Rollo Morgan when there is a strange death at Rochester House, mansion home of occult scholar Cornelius Rochester. Blackburn learns of a set of mannikins modelled on the occupants of the house. Before long, it becomes clear that whoever receives 'their' mannikin will certainly die. Everyone in the house is a suspect.'
Source: Publisher's blurb
Notes
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Early reports on the publication call the novel Death Plays with Dolls.
Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of
Works about this Work
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More Miscellaneous
2001
single work
review
— Appears in: Notes on Australian Science Fiction 2001; (p. 163-168)
— Review of Jacob Shumate, or The People's March: A Voice from the Ranks 1903 single work novel ; The Girdle of Kaf 1912 single work novel ; The Living Mummy 1910 single work novel ; The Tragedy Behind the Curtain and Other Stories 1910 selected work short story ; Holiday 1940 single work novel ; The Devil's Saint 1924 single work novel ; In the Beginning : Six Studies of the Stone Age and Other Stories Including A Daughter of the Incas A Short Novel of the Conquest of Peru 1909 selected work short story novel ; The Rescue of Victoria, the Beautiful Nihilist 1909 single work novel ; 'So Long' : An Original Book for Everyone to Read. Instructive, Entertaining and Amusing. A Glimpse of the Past, Present and Inferentially of the Future 1908 selected work short story prose ; The Super-Barbarians 1915 single work novel ; A Journalist and Two Bears 1913 selected work short story essay poetry ; The Flying Argosy 1934 single work novel ; The Threshold of Fear : A Sober Fantasy 1925 single work novel ; The Moon Rock 1922 single work novel ; The Case Books of X37 1930 selected work short story ; The Dawn of a New Civilization 1929 single work novel ; Burning Air 1928 single work novel ; Tzane : A Novel 1926 single work novel ; The Fall of a Dictator 1938 single work novel ; The Red Paste Murders 1923 single work novel ; Sariska Benori 1922 single work novel ; Mutiny in the Air 1943 single work children's fiction ; Death's Mannikins : Being a Sober Account of Certain Diabolical Happenings Not Untinged with the Odour of Brimstone Which Befell a Respectable Family Living at Exmoor in This Present Year 1937 single work novel ; Whirlaway : A Story of the Ages 1937 single work children's fiction -
Publishers Write About Their Outstanding New Books
1937
single work
correspondence
— Appears in: All About Books , 12 March vol. 9 no. 3 1937; (p. 42-43) Publishers' lists of new releases and reprints. Some briefs comments on some subjects. Collins and Herbert Jenkins include prices.
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More Miscellaneous
2001
single work
review
— Appears in: Notes on Australian Science Fiction 2001; (p. 163-168)
— Review of Jacob Shumate, or The People's March: A Voice from the Ranks 1903 single work novel ; The Girdle of Kaf 1912 single work novel ; The Living Mummy 1910 single work novel ; The Tragedy Behind the Curtain and Other Stories 1910 selected work short story ; Holiday 1940 single work novel ; The Devil's Saint 1924 single work novel ; In the Beginning : Six Studies of the Stone Age and Other Stories Including A Daughter of the Incas A Short Novel of the Conquest of Peru 1909 selected work short story novel ; The Rescue of Victoria, the Beautiful Nihilist 1909 single work novel ; 'So Long' : An Original Book for Everyone to Read. Instructive, Entertaining and Amusing. A Glimpse of the Past, Present and Inferentially of the Future 1908 selected work short story prose ; The Super-Barbarians 1915 single work novel ; A Journalist and Two Bears 1913 selected work short story essay poetry ; The Flying Argosy 1934 single work novel ; The Threshold of Fear : A Sober Fantasy 1925 single work novel ; The Moon Rock 1922 single work novel ; The Case Books of X37 1930 selected work short story ; The Dawn of a New Civilization 1929 single work novel ; Burning Air 1928 single work novel ; Tzane : A Novel 1926 single work novel ; The Fall of a Dictator 1938 single work novel ; The Red Paste Murders 1923 single work novel ; Sariska Benori 1922 single work novel ; Mutiny in the Air 1943 single work children's fiction ; Death's Mannikins : Being a Sober Account of Certain Diabolical Happenings Not Untinged with the Odour of Brimstone Which Befell a Respectable Family Living at Exmoor in This Present Year 1937 single work novel ; Whirlaway : A Story of the Ages 1937 single work children's fiction -
Publishers Write About Their Outstanding New Books
1937
single work
correspondence
— Appears in: All About Books , 12 March vol. 9 no. 3 1937; (p. 42-43) Publishers' lists of new releases and reprints. Some briefs comments on some subjects. Collins and Herbert Jenkins include prices.
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