Murder Served Cold

The theft of a painting takes crime—writer sleuth Donald Langham to a country house full of seething tensions, resentment and dark secrets.

November, 1956. Lord Elsmere, an old friend of Donald Langham’s literary agent, Charles Elder, is in a pickle – his favourite painting, a Gainsborough, has been stolen from under his nose. What’s more, there’s no evidence of a break—in. The family heirloom was recently re—insured for a hefty price, and Elsmere is struggling financially. Could he have st...