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The Polferry mystery follows the investigation into the death of Eve Hale‑Storford in the Watch House on Polferry. Seven people—including her husband, his friends, housekeeper Dorothy Graye, Miss Susan Kerr, Miss Miriam Rossiter, and George Anstruther—were asleep together when the body was discovered. Colonel Gethryn eventually brings Scotland Yard into the case, only to find that two of the suspects have since died in extraordinary accidents, leaving the true killer still unknown. The book has appeared under the titles The Choice, The Polferry Riddle, and The Polferry Mystery.
First publish date: 1931
Genre: Mystery & Detective/Cozy Mystery
Authors: Philip MacDonald
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