Grave mistake

By Ngaio Marsh

Subjects: Police, Fiction, mystery & detective, police procedural, Fiction, mystery & detective, traditional, England, fiction, Large type books, Alleyn, roderick (fictitious character), fiction, Fiction, Children's fiction, Fiction in English, Roderick Alleyn (Fictitious character)

Description: A spa stay turns into a homicidal holiday... A bit snobbish and a trifle high-strung, Sybil Foster prides herself on owning the finest estate in Upper Quintern and hiring the best gardener. In fact, she is rapturous over the new asparagus beds when a visit from her unwelcome stepson sends her scurrying to a chic spa for a rest cure, a liaison with the spa's director...and an apparent suicide. Her autopsy holds one surprise, a secret drawer a second. And Inspector Roderick Alleyn, C.I.D., digging about Upper Quintern, may unearth still a third...deeply buried motive for murder.