"Written with distinction and wit, and is as much as psychological story as an experiment in detection. It has all the excitement which a detective story should offer." -- The Spectator The great Dorothy L. Sayers is considered by many to be the premier...
Harriet Vane, recovering from an unhappy love affair and its aftermath, sought solace on a lonely beach. It was totally deserted - except for the body of a bearded young man with his throat cut. She photographed the corpse and took what few clues she could find before the tide...