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Book Synopsis“Good God, you don’t think it was an accident?”
Wealthy industrialist Anthony Mullins is found dead in a garage fire with the door locked. The locals assume it was an accident or perhaps suicide. But when the autopsy reveals a bullet wound to Mullins’ head and no revolver is found, a murder investigation ensues.
Was the killer his disgraced nephew Holliday, rumoured to be overly close to his wife? Or Patricia Mullins herself, whose inheritance relied on her husband’s death from natural causes? Or friend James Constant, who’s research society is the beneficiary of Mullins’ unusual will? It soon becomes apparent that everyone, including the victim, has something to hide.
Good-natured Police Constable Sadler and Inspector Trenton, are alternatively assisted and hampered by the efforts of the local residents to find the killer. At first, everyone appears to have a perfect alibi, but the more Sadler and Trenton probe, the murkier the picture becomes. Fortunately, journalist Charles Venables is on hand to help make sense of the conflicting and confusing evidence.
This classic detective novel from the 1930s is now back in print.
Trade ReviewDorothy L. Sayers reviewed The Perfect Alibi in The Sunday Times, saying ‘The characters in this book have a way of making acute and entertaining observations and that is the most attractive feature of a very attractive piece of work….if you like a book to be charmingly written and full of the sort of people you would like to meet you will enjoy this.’
-- Dorothy L Sayers * The Sunday Times *
Table of ContentsTable of Contents
I Corpse at the Wheel
II Appearance of a Detective
III Murder or Suicide?
IV The Dead Hand Points
V Dr Marabout Sees the Devil
VI Interrogation of a Widow
VII A Shot in the Dark
VIII An Alibi is Shaken
IX Puzzle of a Pugilist
X Argument with an Artist
XI Evidence of a Diabolist
XII Strange Behaviour of a Peer
XIII A Horsewoman on the Warpath
XIV So He Shot Mullins
XV An Architect is Arrested
XVI Affair of a False Beard
XVII Confession of an Artist
XVIII A Woman is Silent
XIX A Small Boy Owns Up
XX A Tangle is Unravelled
XXI Home Thoughts in Isorb
XXII A Biologist Wants Blood
XXIII A Temporary Alliance
XXIV A Young Man is Tight
XXV A Young Man is Frightened
XXVI A Biologist Gets Blood
XXVII A Temporary Alliance Becomes Permanent
XXVIII A Chase Across Europe
XXIX A Matter of Identity
XXX How It Was Done
Epilogue
