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As a Thief in the Night Illustrated

出版	Independently Published, 2021-02-20
主題	Fiction / Mystery & Detective / General
ISBN	9798711829058
URL	http://books.google.com.hk/books?id=Fk_NzgEACAAJ&hl=&source=gbs_api

註釋The story is told in the first person by Rupert Mayfield, a lawyer, who is a family friend of Barbara and Harold Monkhouse. Harold's health has been poor for at least twenty years, and he has been attended by the same doctor for that period, Dr Dimsdale. Living in the house with the Monkhouses are Harold's informally adopted daughter, Madeline Norris; his secretary, Anthony Wallingford; Mabel Withers, the maid; Anne Baker, the cook; and Doris Brown, the kitchen maid. Mayfield is visiting one day while Mrs. Monkhouse is away and while he is there, Harold's brother, Amos Monkhouse, a clergyman, comes to visit. He is horrified at the state his brother is in and goes with Mayfield to see Dr. Dimsdale and to tell him he is going to ask for another opinion. This is done, and after the second doctor's consultation, nothing more is heard, but a few days later Harold Monkhouse is dead. Arrangements are made and on the day of the funeral, a policeman brings summonses for everyone in the house, plus Mayfield and Amos Monkhouse, to attend a coroner's inquest. At the same time, he informs them there is going to be a post-mortem. At the inquest the bombshell is dropped that Harold was murdered, and now the police have to find the guilty person. Mayfield, at his own expense, retains Thorndyke as an investigator, for he refuses to think that anyone in the house would have murdered Harold, and thinks that there could be an outside agent involved. The police are struggling as every clue ends in a dead-end, and meanwhile, everyone connected with the house is under a cloud. Until the guilty person is found, the innocent suffer.