MURDER OF A LADY: A Scottish Mystery **LOCKED ROOM**

London: UK: British Library Crime Classics, 2015. 1st pbk. printing. (Originally published in London in 1931 by Hutchinson. In the US as: "The Silver Scale Mystery", Lippincott, 1931). Part of the British Library Classic Crime Series with introduction by Martin Edwards. Reading crease else as new. Locked Room mystery, Adey #1998. "Duchlan Castle is a gloomy place in the Scottish Highlands. Late one night the body of Mary Gregor, sister of the laird, is found in the castle. She has been stabbed to death in her locked bedroom. The only tiny clue to the culprit is a silver fish's scale, left on the floor next to Mary's body. Inspector Dundas is dispatched to investigate. The Gregor family and their servants are quick to explain that Mary was a kind and charitable woman, but Dundas uncovers a more complex truth. Soon further deaths occur. Superstitious locals believe that fish creatures from the nearby waters are responsible, but luckily for Inspector Dundas, gifted amateur sleuth Eustace Hailey is on the scene, and unravels a more logical solution to this most fiendish of plots. Anthony Wynne wrote some of the best locked-room mysteries from the Golden Age of British crime fiction. This cunningly plotted novel -- one of Wynne's finest-- has never been reprinted since 1931". -- back cover" . First Printing. Pictorial Wrappers. Fine/No Jacket. Book.