Riding his motorcycle along a dreary road near Bordeaux, the young businessman Seymour Merriman stops at a sawmill that ships pit-props to England and notices something odd about its lorries. He and a friend start investigating as amateurs, until a murder brings Scotland Yard into a case of organised smuggling across the Channel.
A methodical, satisfying Golden Age mystery from the master of the timetable and the alibi. Download the free EPUB.