Pre-numbered label used for registration. Hardcover. Got it at a yard sale so it has already been recycled at least once. From Library Journal
Poor Dorcas, dead in a ditch in the fens. And she's not the only one. Vera Dunn, the manipulative ex-wife of Max Owen, master of the local estate, Fengate (where Dorcas was a servant), is also dead. Enter Grimes stalward Richard Jury, who's not officially on the case but who gets involved anyway because Lady Kenningston, a woman he cherishes, has been accused of doing in Dunn, with whom she has been seen quarreling. Jury gets pal Melrose Plant to pose as an antiques dealer so that he can snoop around Fengate, then goes off to do some investigating on his own. Naturally, there are puzzles, e.g., why was Dorcas out on the fens that night? Why didn't Lady K come clean on her relation with nasty Verna? The result is a delicious ebb and flow of tension. First, we get a trial for Lady K, then more twists and turns as the real killer is finally, surprisingly revealed. In the process, there's beautifully rendered atmosphere and perhaps a bit too much of Melrose's litigious aunt. Vintage Grimes; for all collections.

May/June 2019
I’ll be releasing a lot of books in Uptown at the little free libraries and at Bezazian branch library book sale June 15. Enjoy!