One heir after another turns up dead?

Silas Kane's sixtieth birthday party is marred by argument and dissension amongst his family, and then the next morning, Kane is found dead. The coroner's verdict of death by misadventure would seem to confirm that Silas accidentally lost his way in the fog. But then his heir is shot, and threats are made against the next in line to inherit his fortune. The redoubtable Superintendent Hannasyde is called in to investigate. All clues point to an apparently innocuous eighty-year-old woman, but as the Inspector delves further into the case, he discovers that nothing is quite as it seems? First published in 1937.

I read this book a while ago and I remember being confounded by the mystery. I love the atmosphere of life on a country estate in the 1930s.

This book has been mailed to tomato68 of Downey, California for Holiday Gift Giving (HGG). It was packed by tabby-cat-owner before she became tomato68's Secret Santa.

I love all of her books...at least the ones I've read so far. I'm looking forward to reading this mystery. Thank you tabby-cat-owner for this wishlist book. Sorry I took so long to register it. This has been such a busy time.

This was a good mystery and I actually enjoyed most of the characters, except Rosemary, who was very selfish and caught up in herself and her emotions. I read this book in two days.

I left the book propped up against the outside window.

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