Detection Unlimited Author:Georgette Heyer The late and unlamented. It was a hot June evening, and young Haswell had just motored the lovely Abby Dearham back from Thornsden's social event of the week. All of the village uppercrust had come to the Haswells' tennis party -- the Squire, the Vicar, the sharp-tongued heir to five centuries of local real estate. But Sampson Warrenby had decl... more »ined, and no one was sorry.
Why this charmless social-climber was invted was beyond Abby. Had he some sinister hold on the social leaders of Thornden?
All joking was cut short when a wild-eyed girl came running down the lane. For it was Warrenby's niece, announcing that he was dead!« less