Dorothy Erskine Muir (1889-1977) was one of twelve children of John Sheepshanks, Bishop of Norwich. After winning a scholarship to Oxford, she worked as an academic tutor and wrote historical biographies and local histories. Her three mystery novels, In Muffled Night (1933), Five to Five (1934) and In Memory of Charles (1941) are intricate fictional whodunnits based on real murder cases.

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• Introduction by Curtis EvansI The WatcherII The PreyIII The Tea-PartyIV The ReturnV The DeadVI The DetectiveVII The DealerVIII The HeirIX The HypothesisX The SuspectsXI The DoctorXII The WifeXIII The ArtistXIV The EndXV The First SolutionXVI The Complete Case

Dorothy Erskine Muir (1889-1977) was one of twelve children of John Sheepshanks, Bishop of Norwich. After winning a scholarship to Oxford, she worked as an academic tutor and wrote historical biographies and local histories. Her three mystery novels, In Muffled Night (1933), Five to Five (1934) and In Memory of Charles (1941) are intricate fictional whodunnits based on real murder cases.

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• Introduction by Curtis EvansI The WatcherII The PreyIII The Tea-PartyIV The ReturnV The DeadVI The DetectiveVII The DealerVIII The HeirIX The HypothesisX The SuspectsXI The DoctorXII The WifeXIII The ArtistXIV The EndXV The First SolutionXVI The Complete Case

Dorothy Erskine Muir (1889-1977) was one of twelve children of John Sheepshanks, Bishop of Norwich. After winning a scholarship to Oxford, she worked as an academic tutor and wrote historical biographies and local histories. Her three mystery novels, In Muffled Night (1933), Five to Five (1934) and In Memory of Charles (1941) are intricate fictional whodunnits based on real murder cases.

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• Introduction by Curtis EvansI The WatcherII The PreyIII The Tea-PartyIV The ReturnV The DeadVI The DetectiveVII The DealerVIII The HeirIX The HypothesisX The SuspectsXI The DoctorXII The WifeXIII The ArtistXIV The EndXV The First SolutionXVI The Complete Case