num_pages: 216
description: Having been acquitted of murdering his sister-in-law Professor Matthew Weir still lives in the shadow of a crime he is adamant he didnt commit. A few years after this narrow escape from the hangmans noose Weirs home in the Cotswold village of Steeple Cloudy is blighted by further tragedy when his wife is found deadthe victim of a deliberate poisoning. Chief Inspector Dan Pardoe of the Yard is determined not to let prejudice against Weir mar the objectivity of his investigation. But if Weir didnt murder his wife who did? And what could have been their motive? Originally published in 1939 this is a classic murder mystery from the golden age of detective fiction.
language: None
title: Shadows Before
publisher: Black Heath Editions