A Graveyard to Let - Sir Henry Merrivale Author:Carter Dickson DEATH IN DEEP WATER — No one took American arts patron Frederick Manning seriously when he made his less-than-fond farewells at his Westchester, New York estate. But the laughter stopped the next day when, in front of witnesses, the accused embezzler leapt into the family swimming pool, vanishing without a trace just two strokes ahead of th... more »e arriving police.
ENTER SIR HENRY MERRIVALE
The embezzlement charge doesn't hold water for visiting British sleuth Sir Henry Merrivale, especially when his old friend Manning's bleeding body turns up in a nearby abandoned graveyard. Something rotten is definitely afloat, and Sir Henry gets into the swim of things. Come hell or high water, the portly detective vows not to rest until an aquatic assassin is all washed up!« less