"The Dinner Club" is a mystery novel, written in 1923 by British author Herman Cyril McNeile (1888-1937; commonly known as Cyril McNeile and often publishing under the name H.C. McNeile or the pseudonym "Sapper"). On a certain day in the year of grace 1920, there came into being a special and very select club, with no entrance fee and no subscription, which made it different from all other clubs. Its membership was limited to six: the Actor, the Barrister, the Doctor, the Ordinary Man, the Soldier, and the Writer. And the only rule of the club was, that on certain nights, to be mutually agreed on, the member whose turn it was should give to the remaining members an exceedingly good dinner ...