The Sanfield Scandal by Richard Keverne

Published: 1929 | Series: Standalone

Strange events take place twenty years apart. A diamond necklace was stolen at a house party at the Tower House during the First World War; not long after, Sir Jeremy Sanfield shut up the Tower House and left for America, never to return. Twenty years later, Sir Jeremy is dead, and his son reopens the Tower House to be rented. When its new tenant meets with a mysterious accident, the local doctor's sister, Faith Stanhope, decides to investigate. 

About Richard Keverne

Clifford James Wheeler Hosken (1882-1950) was an English writer who also published under the pseudonym Richard Keverne. Hosken served in the Flying Corps during the First World War, and he was a journalist for the Daily Mirror. His series characters were Inspector Mace and Inspector Artifex.

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This title is featured in the fourteenth episode of my ongoing Green Penguin Book Club series: The Sanfield Scandal.

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