The little village of St. Joseph's on Romney Marsh is alive with gossip, and with good reason - for the body of businessman Robert Garfield has been found shot in a meadow near his home at Applecross Farm. Scotland Yard have sent Detective-Inspector James Carthew to assist the local police. The young detective hopes that this case will be the making of him. But when the villagers prove reluctant to help, Carthew finds himself with some difficult decisions to make...
Originally published in 1929, this is a classic British murder mystery from the golden age of detective fiction.
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