Three victims, three unsolvable murders, and three killers walk free . Minette Walters, crime writing's Queen of Mystery, imagines what happened and why.

Three victims, three unsolvable murders, and three killers walk free.

A Dreadful Murder Kent, August 1908. Caroline Luard is shot dead in broad daylight in the grounds of a large country estate. With few clues available, her husband soon becomes the suspect.But is he guilty?

Tinder Box In a small Hampshire village, Irish labourer Patrick O'Riordan has been arrested for the brutal murder of elderly Lavinia Fanshaw and her live-in nurse, Dorothy Jenkins. What lies lurk beneath the surface of their world?

Chickenfeed Under financial and emotional stress, Norman Thorne finds himself in a hopeless situation - but does he resort to murder to escape his fiancee's clutches?

Together for the first time, these three page-turning stories are each based on true unsolved murders. And with the Queen of Crime, Minette Walters, on the case, killers beware.