It seemed like a simple solution...

Rencory, the obnoxious newcomer, has poisoned the town’s most popular resident, disabled war hero Roger Harte. Or has he?

But four of Scotland Yard’s top detectives turn up some worrisome questions as they dig into the victim’s past. Was Harte as saintly as he seemed? Did the nosy neighbours know more than they were telling? The answers will take them back more than twenty years to a tangled web of violence... and a long-standing motive for murder.

It could hardly be called an act of passion. Or an accident. The rare poison that killed Roger Harte had been painstakingly prepared and precisely measured. It had taken three long hours to kill him—in the most unpleasant way possible.

Inspector Masters knows that they are dealing with a very clever character and a truly cold-blooded case.

Praise for Premedicated Murder:
'A tautly written puzzler that combines those eccentric British twists with some first-rate sleuthing' - Dallas Times Herald

'Very good' - New York Post

'A well crafted British mystery' - Publishers Weekly