Old Angus Campbell was something of a swine, but still a decent sort who had squandered all his money on crackpot schemes and had nothing left to leave his heirs but the proceeds from his insurance policies. However, when he falls to his death from his locked bedchamber atop a high tower, his brother Colin and former mistress Elspat will inherit nothing if the death is ruled a suicide. A family conference is called at Shira Castle in the Scottish Highlands, and two young distant cousins, Alan and Kathryn Campbell, meet for the first time and join Dr. Gideon Fell in trying to solve not one but two locked-room murders. First published in 1941, it's arguably the most entertaining book ever written by Carr, seamlessly blending screwball romantic comedy with inventive plotting and classical detection.

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