The Documents in the Case
Author: Dorothy L. Sayers
The bed was broken and tilted grotesquely sideways. Harrison was sprawled over it in a huddle of soiled blankets. His mouth was twisted unpleasantly, and only the whites of his eyes showed.Harrison had been an expert on deadly fungi. How was it then that he had eaten a large quantity of the death-dealing muscarine? Was it an accident? Suicide? Or murder?The documents in th….Read More
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