The truth can\'t hurt anyone, she said rather faintly.
This new edition includes an introduction by crime fiction historian Curtis Evans..
Death in the Dark was first published in 1938.
She\'ll need all the help she can get, when the potential antagonists include not only the denizens of the Manor, but the beasts which lurk without.
Fortunately Judy has a loyal friend in Toby, who comes furnished with a heroic Scotland Yard stepfather-none other than Inspector Collier.
She sets to work, sleuthing as an undercover housemaid.
He has discovered some points of interest concerning the case, and this information sends Judy off to Sard Manor, a run-down country mansion complete with a privately-run zoo.
Things are looking bad for David until his sister gets a note from thirteen-year-old Toby (last seen in The Mystery of the Kneeling Woman ).
Only his sister, Judy, and their aunt really believe in his innocence, although kindly Ben Levy stands by Judy (with whom he is rather smitten).
David Merle, a young circus acrobat, is arrested and convicted of the murder in London of wealthy eccentric Joshua Fallowes.
Not if he\'s innocent.
Then he said without looking at her.
He did not speak for a minute.
The truth can\'t hurt anyone, she said rather faintly
