Suicide Excepted Author Forename:Cyril Nell and her friends are

Nell and her friends are suddenly in the middle of another murder case

where she escapes to the garden for some peace - and instead spots an uninvited guest in the shadows

The book takes us from the dusty shelves of an uncanny library filled with fictional characters to a bunker deep beneath the earth where scientists seek revenge on old Nazis

it's the day of her 50th birthday when she discovers that she's been assigned lead on an investigation into corruption on a global scale

Unsure of her own instincts

Suicide Excepted Author Forename:Cyril Nell and her friends areAn Inspector Mallett mystery, originally published in 1939, by one of the best loved Golden Age crime writers, Cyril Hare. Inspector Mallett's stay at the country house hotel of Pendlebury Old Hall has been a disappointment. Room, food and service have been a letdown and he eagerly anticipates the end of his holiday. His last trial is to sit and listen when an elderly and boorish man, whose family once owned the house, joins his table. The next day