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Murder in the Maze

First published: 1927
Pages: 201

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The Hackleton Case
32:20
The Affair In The Maze
28:41
The Immediate Results
16:33
The Chief Constable
19:15
The Evidence In The Case
27:50
The Toxicologist
18:34
The Pot Of Curare
19:32
The Dart
16:26
Opportunity, Method and Motive
22:17
The Burglary At Whistlefield
21:46
The Third Attack In The Maze
32:10
The Squire's Theories
29:21
The Fourth Attack
25:56
The Forged Cheque
13:18
The Secretary's Affairs
14:53
The Last Attack In The Maze
22:49
The Siege Of The Maze
27:26
The Truth of the Matter
44:00

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On a hot afternoon the wealthy Shandon twins, Roger and Neville, are found dead at the heart of a great hedge maze, each struck down by a poisoned dart. With two nearly identical victims and a killer who could vanish among the winding paths, the case baffles everyone until Chief Constable Sir Clinton Driffield takes charge, aided by his genial friend Squire Wendover. This was the first of Connington's Driffield mysteries, and it shows the author, a working chemist in real life, delighting in the practical detail of poisons, alibis, and physical clues. Ingenious and briskly plotted, it is a fine example of Golden Age detective fiction. Read it free in this PDF and EPUB edition.

About the author

J. J. Connington

J. J. Connington was the pen name of Alfred Walter Stewart (1880-1947), a Scottish chemist who taught at Queen's University Belfast and published scholarly work on atomic theory. He is best remembered for his detective fiction, though he also produced this early venture into science fiction and disaster.