![]() ![]() And he’s certain that in a crooked house such as Three Gables, no one’s on the level… ![]() ![]() But criminologist Charles Hayward is casting his own doubts on the innocence of the entire Leonides brood. In fact, suspicion has already fallen on his luscious widow, a cunning beauty fifty years his junior, set to inherit a sizeable fortune, and rumored to be carrying on with a strapping young tutor comfortably ensconced in the family estate. ‘One brother, one sister, a mother, a father, an uncle, an aunt by marriage, a grandfather, a great-aunt, and a step-grandmother.’ĪBOUT THIS BOOK: In the sprawling, half-timbered mansion in the affluent suburb of Swinly Dean, Aristide Leonides lies dead from barbiturate poisoning. ‘Are you one of a large family? Brothers and sisters?’ But definitely crooked – running to gables and half-timbering!’ ‘ ‘And they all lived together in a little crooked house.’ That’s us. I must have looked slightly startled, for she seemed amused, and explained by elaborating the quotation. She added softly in a musing voice: ‘In a little crooked house….’ I nodded at the mention of the well known outer suburb of London which boasts three excellent golf courses for the city financier. ‘I don’t even know where you live in England.’ EXCERPT: ‘….For one thing, you don’t know much about me, do you?’ ![]()
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