November the Fifth. Bonfire Night. A Guy Fawkes ball is in progress at the home of the solicitor, Gregory Halewood. But the festivities are cut short when Halewood receives a dramatic and troubling telephone call from his friend and colleague James Mansfield, who has chosen this inopportune moment to deliver the news that he is about to commit suicide. Rushing to Mansfield's house, Halewood and his friends discover Mansfield's body sprawled on the floor of the study. Has Mansfield fulfilled his threat to end his life? Inspector Kilby is not so sure, and it isn't long before a tragic suicide case is transformed into a hunt for a ruthless killer...
Originally published in 1932, this is a classic British murder mystery from the golden age of detective fiction!
Originally published in 1932, this is a classic British murder mystery from the golden age of detective fiction!
