Mystery at the Inn

"But surely a man who shot himself wouldn't miss like that?"

Mounsey Carey and his wife Norma live a quiet life in the country. But trouble is brewing at the Spotted Ounce, an old inn that stands on their estate. Its tennant is John Hodd, whom Carey suspects of poaching. Going over to the inn to confront Hodd, Carey discovers that a one-eyed man staying at the Ounce has been shot dead, an apparent case of suicide. The man appears to be a stranger, but details revealed at the inquest and its aftermath raise the possibility not only of murder, but also that the victim may have been more closely connected to Carey and his wife than previously thought. With the prospect of ruin hanging over him, Carey hires a prviate detective to discover the truth.

Originally published in 1931, this is a vintage murder mystery from the golden age of crime fiction.

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