The Old Fox Deceiv'd (Richard Jury, #2)

About this book

When Gemma Temple is found dead on Twelfth Night it is a murder so bizarre that, to the irritation of the local constabulary, Scotland Yard is called in to investigate. Arriving at the bleak and foggy Yorkshire fishing village of Rackmoor, Inspector Richard Jury is soon confronted with unrequited loves, unrevenged wrongs and even undiscovered murders. Was the beautiful victim really Gemma Temple, of was she Dillys March, the long lost ward of Colonel Crael returning to claim her inheritance? How did Julian Crael, the Colonel's only son, react to the prodigal's return? And what about Lily Siddons, daughter of the Crael's cook, who believes that she herself was the intended murder victim? Aided by the aristocratic Melrose Plant and the hypochondriacal Sergeant Wiggins, Jury traces the solution back to a closely kept secret of bygone years - but not before another victim is claimed ...