Slow-moving but solid story about a heart patient who dies under the care of her nurse-companion, Emma Claypole. The manner of death is suspicious, and poor ageing Miss Claypole, with her pathetic hopes of a legacy, is the obvious suspect, but Superintendent Cox remembers the lessons learnt in a previous case, and delays the arrest while he hunts for more evidence. This is soon forthcoming, but it takes the intervention of Scotland Yard Inspector Cheviot Burmann, towards the end of the book, to clear up the mysteries of the method and the motive, and bring the guilty party to justice.
Miss Claypole's dilemma is graphically drawn, and the anxiety that makes her accuse herself is almost palpable. An excellent depiction of the perils of financial dependence, which runs like a thread through so many GAD stories.
Jon.
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