Murder at the Manor: Country House Mysteries by Martin Edwards
My rating: 4 of 5 stars

1. The Copper Beeches - A.C. Doyle - Violet Hunter, governess, needs Holmes opinion on whether she should accept a position.
2. The Problem of Deadwood Hall - D. Donovan - Two deaths, by an unknown poison, two years apart. By whom and why.
3. Gentlemen and Players - E.W. Horning - Can Raffles succeed in his plan.
4. The Well - W.W. Jacobs- What happens when Carr tries to blackmail his cousin, Benson.
5. The White Pillars Murder - G.K. Chesterton - who did kill Melchior Morse.
6. The Secret of Dunstan's Tower - E. Bramah - Blind detective Carrados investigates the curse at the tower from 1662.
7. The Manor House Mystery - J.S. Fletcher - By whom and why was Walshawe poisoned.
8. The Message on the Sun-dial - J.J. Bell - An indebt cousin meets his wealthy cousin at the sundial.
9. The Horror at Staveley Grange - Sapper - Can private detective Ronald Standish find the murderer.
10. The Mystery of Horne's Copse - A.Berkeley - 1931 twice now Hugh Chappell has discovered his cousin's body in Horne's Copse, and the body disappears. Then he is found dead. Roger Sheringham investigates
11. The Perfect Plan - J. Hilton - Secretary Scarsdale plans the perfect murder of his boss.
12. The Same To Us - M. Allingham - Mrs Molesworth 'sweekend party includes the famous Dr Koo Fin. But who steals her diamonds.
13. The Murder at the Towers - E.V. Knot - Amateur detective Bletherby Marge is asked to solve the murder of unlikeable Ponderby-Wilkins.
14. An Unlocked Window - E.L. White - A person is killing nurses.
15. The Long Shot - N. Blake - Who killed Musbury.
16. Weekend at Wapentake - M. Gilbert - Who will inherit what.
An entertaining set of short stories.


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