On a June morning a small yacht slips out of Sennen Cove near Land’s End with two men aboard; only one returns. Told partly from the criminal’s side, the story follows forgery and deception before Margaret Purcell brings her doubts to Dr John Thorndyke, whose patient scientific inquiries take apart a plan that seemed perfect.
A fine example of the inverted detective story that Freeman pioneered. Download the free EPUB.