EditorThe Lowestoft Chronicle editor reviewed Death in a Domino by Roland Pertwee for the Lancashire Post this week. A snippet is below:
A Powerful newspaper magnate’s dictatorial grip and clandestine scandals trigger murder at an elite dinner party in Death in a Domino, an intense post-war crime novel steeped in social intrigue, simmering resentments, and polished façades that conceal deeper desires and betrayals.
First published in 1932 by the London-based publisher William Heinemann as It Means Mischief, and in the US that same year as Death in a Domino, Roland Pertwee’s standalone mystery returns to print after more than ninety years lost to obscurity.
Brighton-born Roland Pertwee, father of the late Dr Who actor Jon Pertwee, was once a struggling painter but found his true calling as a playwright, screenwriter and novelist. His psychologically acute scripts and brisk dialogue helped define British stage and screen from the 1920s through the 1950s. Interference, the play he co-wrote with Harold Dearden, ran for six months in London’s West End before opening to favourable Broadway reviews in 1927, paving the way for a prolific career at Warner Brothers and a steady run of popular novels.
In Death in a Domino, Pertwee employs his flair for suspense and emotional insight, crafting characters and settings with a sharp, cinematic touch. Set in 1930s London, the novel introduces Lord Studholme, a ruthless newspaper magnate and morally ambiguous patriarch whose chilling influence shapes everyone around him.
The full review can be found at the Lancashire Post and Book-marked. Archived online access to these reviews as they originally appeared on January 28, 2026, can be found at these weblinks:
Book-marked, and the Lancashire Post.
