Murder of a Lady by Anthony Wynne
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.-
Mystery in White
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The Poisoned Chocolates Case
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The Sussex Downs Murder
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The Cornish Coast Murder
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Death of a Bookseller
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The Lake District Murder
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Murder After Christmas
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The White Priory Murders
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The Cheltenham Square Murder
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Fire in the Thatch
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The Division Bell Mystery
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Dramatic Murder
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Portrait of a Murderer
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Bats in the Belfry
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Death on the Riviera
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The Hog's Back Mystery
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Thirteen Guests
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Defeat Into Victory
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Murder in the Mill-Race
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The 12.30 from Croydon
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Murder in Vienna
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Murder Underground
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A Surprise for Christmas
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Death of a Busybody
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Smallbone Deceased
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Mystery in the Channel
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Fell Murder
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Blood on the Tracks
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Seven Dead
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The Z Murders
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Castle Skull
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Death in White Pyjamas
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Death Makes a Prophet
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Surfeit of Suspects
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The Christmas Card Crime
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The Christmas Egg
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London Particular
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Murder by Matchlight
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Death in Captivity
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Somebody at the Door
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Death Has Deep Roots
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Silent Nights
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Fear Stalks the Village
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Death on the Cherwell
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Post After Post-Mortem
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Excellent Intentions
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Murder at the Manor
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A Telegram from Le Touquet
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Antidote to Venom
Anthony Wynne is a pseudonym of Robert McNair-Wilson (1882-1963), who wrote twenty-seven detective novels featuring Eustace Hailey, a physician and amateur sleuth. He also published on economics and history, notably a biography of Napoleon
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| ISBN 13 | 9780712356237 |
| ISBN 10 | 0712356231 |
| Title | Murder of a Lady |
| Author | Anthony Wynne |
| Series | British Library Crime Classics |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | British Library Publishing |
| Year published | 2016-01-01 |
| Number of pages | 288 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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