"GOOD GOD, YOU DON'T THINK IT WAS AN ACCIDENT?"

Wealthy industrialist Antony Mullins is found dead after a fire in a locked garage. The locals assume it was an accident, or perhaps suicide. But when the autopsy reveals a bullet wound to Mullins' head and no revolver is found, a murder investigation ensues. Was the killer disgraced nephew Holliday, rumoured to be close to Mullins' wife? Or Patricia Mullins herself, whose inheritance relied on her husband's death from natural causes? Or friend James Constant, whose research society is the beneficiary of Mullins' unusual will? It soon becomes apparent that everyone, including the victim, has something to hide. Journalist Charles Venables and Police Constable Laurence Sadler must work to unravel the truth before the murderer strikes again.

Originally published in 1934, this British mystery novel is from the golden age of crime fiction. Other books featuring sleuth Charles Venables are Crime in Kensington, Fatality in Fleet Street and Death of a Queen.