MILK OF HUMAN KINDNESS

ALIBI FOR A WITCH

Ruth Seabright , governess to Lester Ballard’s son, finds the dead body of her employer, clad in strange attire. Her charge is missing and someone has been searching through her room.

DEATH OF A MINOR CHARACTER

When Virginia and Felix Freer attend a party hosted by an Australian friend, they are surprised to find themselves involved with murder a few days later, Virginia in the small town where she lives and Felix in London. Felix is convinced the murders must be linked.

HANGED MAN'S HOUSE

Doctor Charles Gair was found hanged but that was not how he died. This was the first of the many surprises awaiting those who penetrated the home of the head of the Martindale Research establishment.

A TALE OF TWO MURDERS

No one can understand why Stephen Gazeley has been bludgeoned to death in his study; he seemed a perfectly charming man, but his family know he has a darker side.

TRIAL BY FURY

When Constance Lawley becomes housekeeper for Colonel and Mrs Dorothea Barrows she meets their grandson, Colin, supposedly orphaned at birth. This is disproved when their daughter Margot arrives and claims Colin is her son. The whole family is later shot and it seems that Colin is the murderer, angry at the deceit of his grandparents.