"So you know House-on-the-Hill, Mr. Terhune?" Local bookseller and amateur detective Theodore Terhune is asked to investigate the history of an ancient Kentish manor house for its new owner, Dr. Vincente Salvaterra. Recently arrived from Panam
"Are you a detective, Mr. Terhune? If you will forgive my saying so, you do not look like one." Theodore Terhune, bookseller in the tranquil Kent village of Bray-in-the-Marsh, interrupts the attempted robbery of Helena Armstrong, secretary-comp