John Lexman, a writer of detective stories, walks home through the rain to his Sussex village, unaware that he is about to be drawn into a real crime. Behind it is the sinister Greek moneylender Kara, and the man who must untangle a baffling locked-room murder is T. X. Meredith of Scotland Yard, quick-tongued and impatient.
A fast, cleverly plotted thriller from the king of the popular mystery. Download the free EPUB.