The Winning Clue

"The Winning Clue" by James Hay is a classic murder mystery where a man with a limp, Lawrence Bristow, finds himself in the middle of a perplexing case when he hears a scream and discovers the murdered Mrs. Withers arranged strangely on her couch. Joined by local, and somewhat ridiculous, law enforcement, and shadowed by the victim's fearful sister, Miss Fulton, this man races against time to untangle a net of strained family ties and hidden reasons before the murderer gets away. Starting with a bone-chilling finding of Mrs. Wither's body, the man quickly gets the neighbors moving to make sure nothing is disturbed during the investigation. It becomes clear that the book will focus on figuring out who committed the crime from a set of tricky suspects, each with their own potential reasons.