The Ellerby Case

the long version

Third in the long-running mystery series with Dr Launcelot Priestley Sir Noel Ellerby comes to visit Dr. Priestley to complain that his Lincolnshire manor house has been broken into, but nothing apparently taken. Soon afterwards Ellerby is found dead at his home in front of an empty safe. Priestley eventually discovers that his killing is linked to a racket concerning the distribution of contraband saccharine, but nearly loses his life in the process to the ruthless murderer.