The Middle Temple Murder

At dawn in Middle Temple Lane, a grey-socked foot sticks out from a doorway—and Frank Spargo is about to discover that the dead man’s fall may have been staged.

London, June 1912: after a long night at the Watchman, newly promoted sub-editor Spargo is heading home when a policeman invites him to inspect a suspected murder. The elderly stranger lies crumpled against white tiles, blood on the wall and no clear account of how he came there. A porter insists the body was carried into the lane; the police suspect robbery. Spargo’s journalistic instinct draws him onward, though sleep and breakfast are waiting—and the dead man’s identity remains a mystery. What happened before that silent dawn, and why was this man left in Middle Temple Lane?

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