The clue of the green candle
By: Gerald Verner
Series: Linford mystery library
Publisher: Linford
Published: 2012
Place of publication: Leicester
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9781444813319
Subjects: Detective and mystery stories; Large type books
Description: Living in the village of Long Dene, best-selling novelist Roger Tempest is assisted by his secretary, Isabel Warren. When he unexpectedly disappears, Private investigator Trevor Lowe is summoned. But eight days later, Tempest's body is found, dumped at a roadside. The police establish that it's murder and they suspect Richard, Tempest's impoverished brother and heir to his fortune. However, Lowe remains unconvinced - even when Richard escapes police custody and goes on the run. Then there is another murder ...
Notes: Originally published: London: Wright & Brown, 1938.