Death in Fancy Dress copyright © Lucy Malleson, 1933
“Horseshoes for Luck” copyright © Lucy Malleson, 1939
“The Cockroach and the Tortoise” copyright © Lucy Malleson, 1939
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Death in Fancy Dress was originally published in 1933 by W. Collins & Co. Ltd, London. “Horseshoes for Luck” and “The Cockroach and the Tortoise” were each first published in Detection Medley, edited by John Rhode and published in 1939 by Hutchinson & Co. Ltd.
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