Murder by Misunderstanding

When Doris, a childhood friend of Hazel Martin, falls to her death from a high turret at Farnsworth Abbey, the household maid is convinced it was no accident. The death has been arranged to look like suicide, but Hazel, a mystery novelist with a taste for puzzles, cannot resist looking into it. She recruits people from her own household: her driver, her cook, and the enigmatic butler her late husband brought into the house. Her Siamese cat, Dickens, is never far away, and Detective Chief Inspector Gibson is around if she needs official help. Following one clue after another, Hazel learns that Doris was keeping a secret, and that someone was willing to kill to protect it. Set in the 1920s and written in the style of a classic whodunit, the story leads to a conclusion nobody saw coming.