Moss Rose (novel)

Moss Rose
First edition
AuthorMarjorie Bowen
LanguageEnglish
GenreMystery thriller
PublisherHeinemann
Publication date
1934
Publication placeUnited Kingdom
Media typePrint

Moss Rose is a 1934 mystery novel by the British writer Marjorie Bowen, written under the pen name of Joseph Shearing.[1] It is based on the unsolved murder of Harriet Buswell in 1872.[2] The title refers to Moss Rose, a flowering plant.

  1. ^ Vinson p.92
  2. ^ Stewart, Victoria (24 August 2017). "Revisiting Victorian Sensations". Crime Writing in Interwar Britain: Fact and Fiction in the Golden Age. Cambridge University Press. p. 52. ISBN 9781316510001.