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A writer of many thrillers, plays and ‘clue-puzzler’ detective novels, most notably the novel Smallbone Deceased (1950), Gilbert was also a partner in the Lincoln’s Inn law firm of Trower, Still and Keeling. His novels, which sold well on both sides of the Atlantic, often feature lawyers, but his influences were wide-ranging, from the hard-boiled stories of Dashiell Hammett, through Agatha Christie, to the spy fiction of Eric Ambler, as well as legal thrillers. His best-known series character is a policeman, Inspector Hazlerigg, who appears in several novels and short stories, including Gilbert’s first, Close Quarters (1947) and Smallbone Deceased. |
