"He kills his brotherif he has killed his brother, and if his brother's killed at all"
Virginia Blakeney is used to walking home at night. But as she makes her way along the lanes from Utton Road station on this particular evening her journey is distrubed by the terrifying sound of dragging footsteps following her in the gloom. Taking a shortcut through the graveyard of Upper Utton Church, her worst fears are confirmed when she sees a skeleton-faced figure digging up one of the graves.
What is behind the illicit grave-digging in Upper Utton? And what is the connection with Virginia's missing brother, who disappeared in such mysterious circumstances?
First published in 1946, this is a vintage murder mystery from the golden age of crime fiction.