β Scribed by Grimes, Martha
No coin nor oath required. For personal study only.
It is a chilly and foggy Twelfth Night, wild with North Sea wind, when a bizarre murder disturbs the outward piece of Rackmoor, a tiny Yorkshire fishing village with a past that proves a tangled maze of unrequited loves, unrevenged wrongs, and even undiscovered murders.
Inspector Jury finds no easy answers in his investigationβnot even the identity of the victim, a beautiful young woman. Was she Gemma Temple, an impostor, or was she really Dillys March, Colonel Titus Craelβs long-lost ward, returning after eight years to the Colonelβs country seat and to a share of his fortune? And who was her murderer?
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