A Pall for a Painter
A Pall for a Painter is a 1936 detective novel by E.C.R. Lorac, the pen name of the British writer Edith Caroline Rivett. It is the tenth in her long-running series featuring Chief Inspector MacDonald of Scotland Yard, a Golden Age detective who relies on standard police procedure to solve his cases. Synopsis
MacDonald is called in to solve a murder that took place in an art school in Central London. References

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British mystery novels
Novels by E.C.R. Lorac
Novels set in London
British detective novels
Collins Crime Club books