A Grave Man: A Murder Mystery Featuring Lord Edward Corinth and Verity Browne - Hardcover

Praise for David Roberts:

Roberts just keeps getting better with each book ... highly recommended for fans of Love in a Cold Climate and Gosford Park (Publishers Weekly)

A classic murder mystery [...] and a most engaging pair of amateur sleuths (Charles Osborne, author of The Life and Crimes of Agatha Christie )

A gripping, richly satisfying whodunit with finely observed characters, sparkling with insouciance and stinging menace (Peter James)

A really well-crafted and charming mystery story (Daily Mail)

A perfect example of golden-age mystery traditions with the cobwebs swept away (Guardian)

This is a witty and meticulous recreation of the class-ridden middle England of the 1930s... a perfect example of golden-age mystery traditions with the cobwebs swept away, for the many readers who like their sleuthing elegant and their sex and violence concealed behind the curtains. (Guardian)

Verity Browne and Lord Edward Corinth are attending the memorial service in Westminster Abbey for Lord Benyon, killed a few months before when the Hindenburg airship burst into flames. As the congregation begins to disperse after the service, Edward hears Miss Pitt-Messanger cry for help. Her father is slumped in his seat, stabbed to death.