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.
- ISBN10 0805013385
- ISBN13 9780805013382
- Publish Date 1 July 1985 (first published December 1953)
- Publish Status Out of Print
- Out of Print 28 October 2015
- Publish Country US
- Imprint Henry Holt & Company
- Format Paperback (US Trade)
- Language English