Anna, who died of a gastric influenza, left behind handkerchiefs with traces of arsenic. Then, James Farny was found murdered, with a single pistol shot to the heart and no hole in his clothing. Did the fact that the poorhouse inmates had to survive on watery cabbage soup while the Warden drank vintage wines have anything to do with the murders?
Three murders in a small village. The fourth Sergeant Studer mystery by the Swiss Simenon.