Travelling from the continent to his cottage in the Peak District, Alured Dalmaine, a Cambridge mathematics scholar, is intrigued by fellow traveller Samuel Hooper. Hooper has inherited a fortune at the expense of his cousins - all of whom he has invited to an inn near Dalmaine's cottage, hoping to affect a reconciliation. Hooper is well aware that his disinherited relatives may well have nefarious intentions towards him - so when Hooper is discovered with his throat slit, Dalmaine is not surprised.
But which of the cousins committed the murder? And what is the secret of the house in the dale?
Originally published in 1931, this is a classic British murder mystery from the golden age of crime fiction!
But which of the cousins committed the murder? And what is the secret of the house in the dale?
Originally published in 1931, this is a classic British murder mystery from the golden age of crime fiction!
