One has to admit that the timing was peculiar. No one could doubt that Mr. Percival Pyke Period was genuinely distraught to hear that his neighbor, Harry Cartell, had turned up dead in a ditch. But how is it that Mr. Percival Pyke came to write the letter of condolence before the body was found? And how is it that Mr. Cartell came to inspire such violence? Yes he was boring, yes he was stuffy, but who would kill a man for the crime of being a bad conversationalist? If tediousness has become grounds for murder, Inspector Alleyn shudders to think of the body-count to come.
- ISBN10 1631940228
- ISBN13 9781631940224
- Publish Date 7 July 2015 (first published 1962)
- Publish Status Active
- Publish Country US
- Imprint Felony & Mayhem
- Format Paperback (US Trade)
- Pages 216
- Language English