284 pages
English language
Published Feb. 16, 1937 by Pub. for the Crime club by Collins.
284 pages
English language
Published Feb. 16, 1937 by Pub. for the Crime club by Collins.
Nigel Strangeways is staying as a guest in the village of Maiden Astbury to address their local literary society. Just before he arrived, the dog of a much disliked brewery owner had been found drowned in a brewery vat. Shortly after Nigel's arrival a human body is found in one of the vats, having been boiled down to the bone - so begins his investigation.