Duchlan Castle is a gloomy, forbidding place in the Scottish Highlands. Late one night the body of Mary Gregor, sister of the laird of Duchlan, is found in the castle. She has been stabbed to death in her bedroom but the room is locked from within and the windows are barred. The only tiny clue to the culprit is a silver fish's scale, left on the floor next to Mary's body.
Inspector Dundas is dispatched to Duchlan to investigate the case. The Gregor family and their servants are quick - perhaps too quick to explain that Mary was a kind and charitable woman. Dundas uncovers a more complex truth, and the cruel character of the dead woman continues to pervade the house after her death.
Soon further deaths, equally impossible, occur, and the atmosphere grows ever darker. Superstitious locals believe that fish creatures from the nearby waters are responsible; but luckily for Inspector Dundas, the gifted amateur sleuth Eustace Hailey is on the scene, and unravels a more logical solution to this most fiendish of plots.
Anthony Wynne wrote some of the best locked-room mysteries from the golden age of British crime fiction. This cunningly plotted novel one of Wynne s finest has never been reprinted since 1931, and is long overdue for rediscovery.
By:
Anthony Wynne Introduction by:
Martin Edwards Imprint: Poisoned Pen Press Country of Publication: United States Dimensions:
Height: 210mm,
Width: 133mm,
Spine: 25mm
Weight: 336g ISBN:9781464205712 ISBN 10: 146420571X Series:British Library Crime Classics Publication Date:05 February 2016 Audience:
General/trade
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ELT Advanced
Format:Paperback Publisher's Status: Active
Reviews for Murder of a Lady: A Scottish Mystery
Full of light humour, cranky policemen, and one smart amateur detective, this story had me wrapped around it's finger from the first page.--Matthew Barnes -Carpe Libris -