THE CLUE OF THE GREEN CANDLE

In the village of Long Dene, bestselling crime novelist Roger Tempest is reported missing by his staff.

Believing his disappearance to be voluntary, his literary agent calls in famed private investigator, Trevor Lowe, to track him down. But when Tempest’s body is found dumped at the roadside eight days later, it quickly becomes clear a killer is on the loose.

With the police focusing their investigation on Richard, Tempest’s impoverished brother and heir to his vast fortune, Trevor Lowe nonetheless remains unconvinced.

But when another murder is committed, the stakes are raised and Lowe must use all of his powers to solve the case before the killer strikes again…

Gerald Verner (1897-1980) was the pseudonym of British writer John Robert Stuart Pringle. Born in London, Verner wrote more than 120 novels that have been translated in over 35 languages, and many of his books have been adapted into films, radio serials and stage plays. Verner also wrote forty-four Sexton Blake tales.