Its favourite afternoon pastime was murder, and its favourite evening occupation was the same, only a trifle more so.
When poison is revealed to be the method of executio.
One of the household suddenly drops dead, despite no one being anywhere near him.
Bathurst enlists his friend Peter Daventry, a crack shot and good in a fight.
Anthony Bathurst reaches Swallowcliffe Hall, summoned by Constance Whittaker, to protect her husband, Major Whittaker, from an unnamed threat.
Its favourite afternoon pastime was murder, and its favourite evening occupation was the same, only a trifle more so