Dorothy Erskine Muir (1889–1977) was one of seventeen children of John Sheepshanks, Bishop of Norwich. She attended Oxford, worked as an academic tutor, and began writing professionally to supplement the family income after the unexpected death of her husband in 1932. Muir published historical biographies and local histories, as well as three accomplished detective novels: In Muffled Night (1933), Five to Five (1934) and In Memory of Charles (1941). Each is an intricate fictional account based on an unsolved true crime.

• Introduction by Curtis EvansI The PersonsII The NightIII The BodyIV The PoliceV The ProblemVI The FootprintsVII The SuspectVIII The Blue BoxIX The ArrestX The TrialXI The StatementXII The ClueXIII The PursuitXIV The TruthXV The Reason

Dorothy Erskine Muir (1889–1977) was one of seventeen children of John Sheepshanks, Bishop of Norwich. She attended Oxford, worked as an academic tutor, and began writing professionally to supplement the family income after the unexpected death of her husband in 1932. Muir published historical biographies and local histories, as well as three accomplished detective novels: In Muffled Night (1933), Five to Five (1934) and In Memory of Charles (1941). Each is an intricate fictional account based on an unsolved true crime.

• Introduction by Curtis EvansI The PersonsII The NightIII The BodyIV The PoliceV The ProblemVI The FootprintsVII The SuspectVIII The Blue BoxIX The ArrestX The TrialXI The StatementXII The ClueXIII The PursuitXIV The TruthXV The Reason

Dorothy Erskine Muir (1889–1977) was one of seventeen children of John Sheepshanks, Bishop of Norwich. She attended Oxford, worked as an academic tutor, and began writing professionally to supplement the family income after the unexpected death of her husband in 1932. Muir published historical biographies and local histories, as well as three accomplished detective novels: In Muffled Night (1933), Five to Five (1934) and In Memory of Charles (1941). Each is an intricate fictional account based on an unsolved true crime.

• Introduction by Curtis EvansI The PersonsII The NightIII The BodyIV The PoliceV The ProblemVI The FootprintsVII The SuspectVIII The Blue BoxIX The ArrestX The TrialXI The StatementXII The ClueXIII The PursuitXIV The TruthXV The Reason