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The second shot by Anthony Berkeley · Booklabria

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The second shot

MurderInvestigation

The second shot

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First published: 1920
Language: English
Editions: 5

Synopsis

Detective writer John Hillyard is entertaining a small house party at Minton Deeps Farm when a shocking accident takes place. Shortly after enacting a murder drama for their own amusement, the guests are returning to the house when Eric Scott Davies, the man who played victim, is found dead after two gunshots go off. The police suspect murder, but when Roger Sheringham is summoned from London it is not by Superintendent Hancock but by one of the guests. In a web of scandal, opportunity and multiple motives, the case turns out to be more complex than even Sheringham could have expected.

Subjects: Murder
Investigation
Private investigators
English Detective and mystery stories
Set in: Great Britain
Characters: Roger Sheringham

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