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Feb 27, 2017writermike rated this title 4 out of 5 stars
An English "country house" murder mystery in the grand style of the golden age. Airth's deceptively understated prose style soon has you roped in to a puzzling, atmospheric, and suspenseful old-school police procedural, set in late 1940s Britain. Once again Inspector John Madden, now retired, investigates, this time with the assistance of his daughter. Fans of Ngaio Marsh's Inspector Allyn mysteries will rejoice.