The willful grandchildren of Sir Richard Marsh have descended upon Swanswater in Kent for a family gathering, and the finalising of the patriarch's will. Frustrated with the disrespectful behaviour of his heirs, Marsh seems to resolve to cut them all out of their inheritance.When he is discovered murdered by strychnine injection Inspector Cockrill has his work cut out for him to find anything close to a plausible solution.
A British Library Crime Classic.