The Ninth Enemy: An Inspector Knollis Mystery

"Inspector, it's--it's dastardly!"

"Mrs. Huntingdon," said Knollis, "your choice of words is admirable!"

Inspector Knollis of Scotland Yard is hoping for a nice quiet weekend in the country. Instead he is embroiled in a murder case--the death by gunshot of local bigwig Richard Huntingdon.

Jean, the dead man's wife, discovers the body in dense woods near a river. Knollis soon learns that Jean's previous husband also met an untimely end, not that she is the only suspect. Despite his reputation f...