Murder of a Lady
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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.
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2 primary books#12 in Dr. Hailey
Dr. Hailey is a 2-book series with 2 primary works first released in 1925 with contributions by Anthony Wynne.
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Surprisingly entertaining mystery from 1932 that showed little sign of its age and kept me interested all the way through. It helps that it's set mostly in a castle in western Scotland and there is an emphasis on the “old ways” versus modern ways, but it's more down to the skill of Anthony Wynne, who is virtually unknown, and whose books (apart from this one, recently published in the US) are all out of print and VERY hard to find. Recommended.
