The Documents in the Case

A writer turns amateur sleuth when his former roommate is suspected of murder in this epistolary mystery from one of the acclaimed Queens of Crime.

When a fungi expert is found dead after feasting on poisonous mushrooms, everyone assumes he died by suicide. Everyone, that is, except the man's son, Paul Harrison, who is certain his father would never make such a deadly mistake. Harrison's suspicions of foul play are heightened when he learns his young stepmother was having an affair. Despite her lover's airtight alibi, Harrison is determined to uncover the truth with the help of the man who used to share a flat with the suspected killer.

Writer John Munting has his own suspicions about his one-time flatmate. Drawn into helping Harrison, the documents in the case are pulled together—a trail of letters that leads to one murderous conclusion. . . .

"One of the greatest mystery writers of [the twentieth] century." —Los Angeles Times