It is the morning after wealthy Silas Kane's sixtieth birthday party - a celebration that brings to light a number of familial controversies. When Kane is found dead at the foot of a cliff, the assumption is that he simply lost his way in the fog and fell by accident. But the subsequent death of his nephew and heir and threats on the life of the third Kane, the newest heir, raises obvious suspicion, and the redoubtable investigative skills of Superintendent Hannasyde prove critical once again.

One heir after another turns up dead… Silas Kane's sixtieth birthday party is marred by argument and dissension amongst his family, and then the next morning, Kane is found dead. The coroner's verdict of death by misadventure would seem to confirm that Silas accidentally lost his way in the fog. But then his heir is shot, and threats are made against the next in line to inherit his fortune. The formidable Superintendent Hannasyde is called in to investigate. All clues point to an apparently innocuous eighty-year-old woman, but as the Inspector delves further into the case, he discovers that nothing is quite as it seems…

Hemingway/Hannasyde Book 3 ( )

Pretty good for Heyer. I don't expect too much in the way of absolute suspense from her, but this one threw me off, for sure! I laugh at the person who I thought "dunnit" clear up to the very end. I had a few humorous moments, which is why Heyer is a delight to read. ( )

Having celebrated his sixtieth birthday with a party, Silas Kane is found missing the next morning. Nearly everyone occurs that his death was an acident, until another body is discovered, murdered.
Superintendent Hannasyde investigates all the red herrings in the story.
The style of writing is certainly indicative of it being written 1937.
An enjoyable mystery but not with a lot of depth as far as the characters were concerned, and admittedly a couple of annoying ones.
A NetGalley ( )

This one started slow for me, and I put it down several times before persisting onward to the end. I did read this series all out of order, but it doesn't seem to really matter all that much. I am sad that I've finished both series of Heyer's Scotland Yard mysteries. ( )

Better than the last couple Heyer mysteries I've read, anyway. A few more entertaining characters than those at least, and a couple excellent set pieces. ( )