Summary
Who is the true heir to the Farnleigh estate? Two men claim to be the legal heir. When a meeting is called to determine the legal heir one of the men is found dead in a garden pond. Detective Gideon Fell is put on the case to unmask the murderer and reveal the true heir. Full description
Series: Dr. Gideon Fell mysteries
Hag's nook (Volume 1.)
The mad hatter mystery (Volume 2.)
The eight of swords (Volume 3.)
The blind barber (Volume 4.)
Death-watch (Volume 5.)
The three coffins (Volume 6.)
The Arabian nights murder (Volume 7.)
To wake the dead (Volume 8.)
The crooked hinge (Volume 9.)
The problem of the green capsule: being: the psychologists' murder case (Volume 10.)
The problem of the wire cage (Volume 11.)
The man who could not shudder (Volume 12.)
The case of the constant suicides (Volume 13.)
Death turns the tables (Volume 14.)
Till death do us part (Volume 15.)
He who whispers (Volume 16.)
The sleeping sphinx: a Doctor Fell detective story (Volume 17.)
Below suspicion (Volume 18.)
The dead man's knock (Volume 19.)
In spite of thunder: a Dr. Fell detective novel (Volume 20.)
The house at Satan's Elbow (Volume 21.)
Panic in box C (Volume 22.)
Dark of the moon (Volume 23.)
Fell and foul play