Tragedy at Ravensthorpe
A fancy-dress party at the Ravensthorpe estate provides perfect cover for thieves after the family’s famous collection of ancient medallions, and by the end of the night robbery has given way to murder. Sir Clinton Driffield and his friend Wendover sort through masks, mistaken identities, and a cave down on the shore to separate an elaborate hoax from cold-blooded crime. Connington keeps the reader supplied with clues while the misdirection piles up, staying faithful to the fair-play code of the golden age. Published in 1927, it is one of the earlier outings for his coolly rational detective. This free PDF and EPUB edition offers an entertaining country-house mystery from a writer who prized logic above melodrama.
About the Author
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…
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