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Book 1 Jan 1936

Why Shoot A Butler

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Publisher
BANTAM DOUBLEDAY DELL
Published
1 January 1936
  • Contemporary
  • Suspense
  • Fiction
  • Country homes
  • Fiction in English
  • Detective stories
  • Butlers
  • Investigation

Every family has secrets, but the Fountains' are turning deadly…

On a dark night, along a lonely country road, barrister Frank Amberley stops to help a young lady in distress and discovers a sports car with a corpse behind the wheel. The girl protests her innocence, and Amberley believes her—at least until he gets drawn into the mystery and the clues incriminating Shirley Brown begin to add up…

The new heir to Norton Manor discovered the difficulty of keeping decent help when the butler got murdered on his night off. But why would anyone shoot a trusted old family retainer? Amateur sleuth Frank Amberley, has a couple of suspects in mind, when suddenly there's a second body in this dramatic tale of upstairs, downstairs and family secrets.