The Rasp

A Cabinet minister is found dead inside his locked study. The doors are bolted from the inside, and no weapon can be found.

Suspicion spreads in every direction, yet nothing seems to fit. Chief Inspector Gethryn takes the case and begins to sort through a tangle of secrets, grudges, and careful lies.

Philip MacDonald’s The Rasp is a classic Golden Age mystery. It pairs a baffling locked-room puzzle with sharp investigation and a solution that only becomes clear at the very end.