When Philip Cruikshank dies under suspicious circumstances and his nightclub singer common-law wife disappears, grouchy Detective Superintendent George Rogers must battle an ex-lover, a new woman on the force, and an amorous widow to find the solution to the mystery.
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Detective Superintendent George Rogers, "the ancient town of Abbotsburn's most senior CID officer," is confronted with yet another suspicious death in his latest outing. Philip Cruickshank is found hanging in his garage, but the evidence indicates he was killed in his bed, then moved to the garage to simulate suicide. Cruickshank's girlfriend has vanished, and his son is vehement in his belief that she is involved in the murder. Rogers, who is irritable in the best of times, must deal with the unprofessional behavior of a female detective who is smitten with a handsome, charming suspect, as well as the distractions caused by a medical examiner who is his former lover. His irritability is seriously challenged by a surprising romance with the wealthy widow Angharad Rhys Pritchard, one of Cruickshank's neighbors. Ross is obviously having a delightful time here, relating a fairly simple mystery in some of the most convoluted prose found in this genre since the days of Philo Vance. Fans of the traditional English mystery who can look beyond Rogers' sexism and Ross' stilted language will have fun, too. George Needham
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