num_pages: 229
description: At the beginning of the Second World War, Chief Inspector Parode is called to investigate the murder of Archy Mitfold, a young man cut down in his prime whilst training to enter the Foreign Office. Interviews with Archy’s friends and family reveal not only that the young man had already survived three attempts on his life, but also that he knew the identity of his would-be assassin. Could the affair have anything to do with the fascist organisation Archy had infiltrated? What is the connection with the empty house that Archy mistakenly stumbled into one evening under the impenetrable cover of the blackout, but which now seems to have completely vanished? And what could possibly be the significance of the bird sketches which the young man appears to have left as clues to his killer's identity?  Originally published in 1940, this is a classic wartime mystery from the golden age of crime fiction.
title: Deed Without a Name
publisher: Black Heath Editions