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.

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• Introduction by Curtis EvansI Charles Shows His TemperII Why They MarriedIII Who Was in the Yard?IV Breakfast PartyV Scene with a SecretaryVI Last Appearance of CharlesVII The Shot in the WoodVIII Police on the SceneIX The PelletsX The Handsome AgentXI Finding TracesXII Pamela and the InspectorXIII A Tough CustomerXIV Fresh Discoveries at an InnXV Anne's Strange StoryXVI What Was in the Letter?XVII An ArrestXVIII Trial and ErrorXIX The Monument in the WoodXX The Second DeathXXI Mrs. Gwyn's RevelationsXXII DrugsXXIII The AccidentXXIV At BayXXV The Third DeathXXVI The Last StruggleEpilogue

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.

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• Introduction by Curtis EvansI Charles Shows His TemperII Why They MarriedIII Who Was in the Yard?IV Breakfast PartyV Scene with a SecretaryVI Last Appearance of CharlesVII The Shot in the WoodVIII Police on the SceneIX The PelletsX The Handsome AgentXI Finding TracesXII Pamela and the InspectorXIII A Tough CustomerXIV Fresh Discoveries at an InnXV Anne's Strange StoryXVI What Was in the Letter?XVII An ArrestXVIII Trial and ErrorXIX The Monument in the WoodXX The Second DeathXXI Mrs. Gwyn's RevelationsXXII DrugsXXIII The AccidentXXIV At BayXXV The Third DeathXXVI The Last StruggleEpilogue

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.

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• Introduction by Curtis EvansI Charles Shows His TemperII Why They MarriedIII Who Was in the Yard?IV Breakfast PartyV Scene with a SecretaryVI Last Appearance of CharlesVII The Shot in the WoodVIII Police on the SceneIX The PelletsX The Handsome AgentXI Finding TracesXII Pamela and the InspectorXIII A Tough CustomerXIV Fresh Discoveries at an InnXV Anne's Strange StoryXVI What Was in the Letter?XVII An ArrestXVIII Trial and ErrorXIX The Monument in the WoodXX The Second DeathXXI Mrs. Gwyn's RevelationsXXII DrugsXXIII The AccidentXXIV At BayXXV The Third DeathXXVI The Last StruggleEpilogue