Hartley Parrish has risen fast to great wealth, and his proudest acquisition is Bude, a butler of archdeacon-like dignity, at his country house of Harkings. When Parrish is found dead in his library during a weekend party, the letters in his desk, a voice overheard at twilight and the conduct of the young guest Robin Greve all come under scrutiny.
A well-made country-house mystery of the early 1920s, the golden age of the English detective novel. Download the free EPUB.