Slumped on a seat under an oak tree is old Sampson Warrenby, with a bullet through his brain. He is discovered by his anxious niece, Mavis, who is just one of the tne people in the village in the running for chief suspect, having just cause to dislike Warrenby intensely. Only Chief Inspector Hemingway can uncover which of the ten has turned hatred into murder.
- Publish Date 1953 (first published December 1953)
- Publish Status Out of Print
- Publish Country GB
- Publisher Cornerstone
- Imprint William Heinemann Ltd
- Edition First edition
- Format Hardcover
- Pages 288
- Language English