Who had a hand in the murder of a country gent?All manner of friction fills the English country house shared by genteel retiree Percival Pyke Period and fuddy-duddy lawyer Harry Cartell. Until one of them, after a flamboyant dowagers treasure hunt party, is found murderedface down in the mire of an open drain. Which of Superintendent Roderick Alleyns suspectslinked by a tangled set of relationshipswore a crucial, missing pair of gloves to commit this dirty deed?
