"Miss Bell found him," said Antony. "That was about fifteen minutes after I got there. She let out a yell that brought us all running. He'd been stabbed in the back"Who had the effrontery to fatally... This description may be from another edition of this product.
Antony Maitland is sent by his uncle to pick up some legal papers from a fellow solicitor's office. When he gets there, he finds the lawyer slumped over his desk, a knife in his back. Early suspicion falls on a friend of his, the dead man's law partner. But instead, the father of another friend is arrested. It seems he was seen leaving the office. But Antony is a witness to the contrary. And the outcome of this trial will also decide the outcome of Antony's future career. I enjoyed this one. This first book introduces Margaret Hamilton, future friend of the Maitlands, and the Maitland household as well. Really good.
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