The Gift Horse Murders - Winston Wyc Author:Brian Johnston A Winston Wyc Mystery — Welcome Back to Wistfield — New York born-and-bred Winston Wyc vowed never again to set foot on the green grass of scenic Wistfield -- home of gossip, scandal, a seductive old flame, and murder. Until he was lured away once more from the grit and grime of Manhattan by the one thing no self-respecting architectural historian... more » could resist: an old house. So here he was, up north in the Hudson Valley again, to help the local historical society decide the fate of an antiquated mansion on the village green.
What no one had bothered to mention was the strange death that had recently claimed on of Wistfield's landed gentry. The very mean, very moneyed Mrs. Minerva Trotteville had been trampled by her own horse. Tragic accident -- or cold-blooded murder? Winston had his own suspicions, and a list of suspects that read like a who's who of the horsey set, including a pair of battling sisters, the dead woman's eccentric son, a suave polo-playing Englishman, and an odious fellow historian whom Winston disliked on sight. Until HE became history.
All in all there was enough naked greed and mortal danger to make Winston long to be back on the crime-ridden streets of his native city... just as soon as he solved this case and caught a clever killer. Which should be any day now. But then, he'd been wrong before...« less