"Fell murder was originally published in 1944 by Collins, London. 'The Live Wire' was first printed in Detection Medley, published in 1939 by Hutchinson & Co."--Title page verso.
Summary
"The Garths had farmed their fertile acres for generations and fine land it was with the towering hills of the Lake Country on the far horizon. Garthmere Hall itself was old before Flodden Field, and here hot-tempered Robert Garth, still hale and hearty at eighty-two, ruled his household with a rod of iron. When he is killed, Inspector MacDonald sets to work on the close-knit cadre of suspects in this grim story of evil passions and murderous hate in a small rural community"-- Provided by publisher.
