Page 5 of Marble Hall Murders

Instead, I carried my plate and my glass of wine over to the kitchen table and sat down with the typescript in front of me. I had already decided that I was going to read it. I had nothing else to do that afternoon and I thought it would be interesting to see how Atticus Pünd had turned out in a different author’s hands.

At the end of the day, what harm could it do?

PÜND’S LAST CASE

by

Eliot Crace

Characters

Atticus Pünd

The detective

James Fraser

His assistant

THE FAMILY

Lady Margaret Chalfont

The wealthy widow of Henry Chalfont, the 6th Earl Chalfont

Jeffrey Chalfont

Son of Henry and Margaret Chalfont, now the 7th Earl

Lola Chalfont

An actress and singer, married to Jeffrey Chalfont