The Angle, a 'desirable residence' on the outskirts of the small town of Carden, has stood empty for years, the bane of local estate agents. The prospect of anyone purchasing the property becomes even more remote when the body of a murdered man is discovered inside. Called to investigate the crime, Inspector Head is dismaed to find that his clue towards identifying the culprit is single a copper hairpin, discovered near the corpse...

Originally published in 1936, this is a vintage murder mystery from the golden age of crime fiction.