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Murder Of A Lady: A Scottish Mystery (British Library Crime Classics)
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Mystery Crime Fiction Written In The Golden Age Of MurderThis 1931 Novel, Now Republished As Part Of The British Library'S Crime Classics Series, Is A Cunningly Concocted Lockedroom Mystery, A Staple Of Golden Age Detective Fiction. Booklist Starred Reviewduchlan Castle Is A Gloomy, Forbidding Place In The Scottish Highlands. Late One Night The Body Of Mary Gregor, Sister Of The Laird Of Duchlan, Is Found In The Castle. She Has Been Stabbed To Death In Her Bedroombut The Room Is Locked From Within And The Windows Are Barred. The Only Tiny Clue To The Culprit Is A Silver Fish'S Scale, Left On The Floor Next To Mary'S Body.Inspector Dundas Is Dispatched To Duchlan To Investigate The Case. The Gregor Family And Their Servants Are Quickperhaps Too Quickto Explain That Mary Was A Kind And Charitable Woman. Dundas Uncovers A More Complex Truth, And The Cruel Character Of The Dead Woman Continues To Pervade The House After Her Death. Soon Further Deaths, Equally Impossible, Occur, And The Atmosphere Grows Ever Darker. Superstitious Locals Believe That Fish Creatures From The Nearby Waters Are Responsible; But Luckily For Inspector Dundas, The Gifted Amateur Sleuth Eustace Hailey Is On The Scene, And Unravels A More Logical Solution To This Most Fiendish Of Plots.Anthony Wynne Wrote Some Of The Best Lockedroom Mysteries From The Golden Age Of British Crime Fiction. This Cunningly Plotted Novelone Of Wynne'S Finesthas Never Been Reprinted Since 1931, And Is Long Overdue For Rediscovery.
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