The Vultures Gather is a 1945 mystery detective novel by the British writer Anne Hocking.The New Statesman and Nation, Volumes 29-30. 1945. p.261-62 It was published in London by Geoffrey Bles.The Illustrated London News, Volume 206. William Little, 1945. p.598 Written during the Golden Age of Detective Fiction, it is the seventh in her series featuring Chief Superintendent William Austen of Scotland Yard.Hubin p.201
Synopsis In Cornwall, a wealthy, domineering elderly woman is about to change her will. Her relatives all gather at the house, only for the lady to be murdered. The local police call in assistance from Scotland Yard.
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Bibliography Hubin, Allen J. 1981-1985 Supplement to Crime Fiction, 1749-1980. Garland Pub., 1988. Reilly, John M. Twentieth Century Crime & Mystery Writers. Springer, 2015.