One of the best novels by the author of the famous “A Purely English Murder.” One of the most interesting and intricate cases of amateur detective Francis Pettigrew. A small English village is shocked by a monstrous crime. On a hill with a stunning view, the body of Mrs. Pink was discovered. But who and why took the life of a quiet widow who made her living cleaning in rich houses? The robbery version disappears immediately. The killer did not leave a single piece of evidence. The provincial police are at a loss. And only Francis Pettigrew manages to get on the trail of the criminal thanks to the casual words of a boy witness... UDC 821.111 BBK 84 (4Vel)© by Charles Gordon Clark© Translation. A.A. Komarinets, 2011© Russian edition AST Publishers, 2012