Hugh Mainwaring, an English-born New York stockbroker, gathers his heirs at his country house, Fair Oaks, and reads them a new will. By morning he is dead, and suspicion falls in every direction among relatives, secretary and servants. A sharp-eyed detective untangles old family secrets reaching back across the Atlantic to find the truth.
A twisting country-house mystery from 1900, for readers who enjoy inheritance plots and patient detective work. Download the free EPUB.