Description
In the dazzling morning light, the great inner court of Mrs. Samuel Cayley’s new country house at Sunny Beach reveals a chilling discovery—the pristine white sand of the Spanish-style patio is stained with blood.
Joseph Benkard, the iron-willed brother of the home’s owner, lies lifeless before a stone bench, the back of his head brutally crushed. The massive glass doors to the terrace stand wide open, offering a perfect escape route, yet the local police are confronted by an inexplicable fact: the sanded floor is undisturbed, and only the victim’s own footprints mark the path to the bench. No one could have approached to strike the fatal blow and vanished without a trace.
As the official investigation stalls, an unlikely sleuth emerges: Geoff Peters, a taciturn local stonemason, whose down-to-earth manner conceals a razor-sharp mind. While detectives hunt for a phantom intruder, Peters’ quiet observations uncover a household simmering with secrets—a family living under the constant shadow of death from anonymous letters; a violent quarrel between Benkard and a close friend just hours before the murder; dark motives swirling around a tyrannical will; and a discarded scrap of black fabric.
First published in 1922, ‘Above Suspicion’ is a masterful Golden Age mystery, presenting a world where the solution lies in the small details everyone else has overlooked.
Details
Publisher - Serling Lake
Language - English
Perfect Bound
Contributors
By author
Robert Orr Chipperfield
Published Date - 2025-11-03
ISBN - 9781917333283
Dimensions - 20.3 x 12.7 x 1.5 cm
Page Count - 268
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