Scales of Justice (Roderick Alleyn #18)

By: Ngaio Marsh

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Synopsis: Just as Rose Cartarette and Dr. Lacklander decide to become engaged, Sir Harold Lacklander dies. He turns his revised memoirs over to Col. Cartarette on his deathbed. The Lacklander family is frantic to stop Col. Cartarette from publishing them, which he maintains he is honor- and duty-bound to do. He is stopped when he is found murdered. Chief Inspector Alleyn of Scotland Yard is called in to investigate. Suspects include George Lacklander, new head of the family, Octavius Danberry-Phinn, owner of many cats, who has had differences with the colonel over fishing rights leased from the Lacklander family, with whom Phinn also is not at ease, a retired Naval commander who gets drunk and indulges in archery, Kitty Cartarette, the wife of the colonel, and Lady Lacklander, whose shooting stick and rag with blood on it are found near the scene.