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Edgar Box (Critical Survey of Mystery and Detective Fiction)

Principal Series

The Peter Cutler Sargeant II series, 1952-1954.

Principal Series Character

Peter Cutler Sargeant II, a public relations agent and amateur sleuth. A young Harvard graduate with a background in journalism, he is a tough, unsentimental professional who gets involved in solving murder cases only when his curiosity is piqued and his own safety is at stake.

Contribution

Gore Vidal is a historical and social novelist. His three detective novels, Death in the Fifth Position (1952), Death Before Bedtime (1953), and...

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