Five to Five(Paperback / softback)

Much had been risked, and the murderer had escaped by such a rare combination of chances. Elderly invalid Simon Ewing was bludgeoned in his maisonette and a stranger was seen exiting the building by several of the residents. The murderer had entered--and escaped--in just a few minutes when Ewing was left unattended, implying that someone knew the movements of both his household and the neighbours. Who would run such a risk in a building with multiple comings and goings? Robbery appears to be the motive, but why was only one ring taken from Ewing's secret hoard of valuable jewellery? A second death leads Detective-Inspector Woods to untangle exactly who was where in the crucial minutes before the murder. Dorothy Erskine Muir (1889-1977) was one of seventeen children of John Sheepshanks, Bishop of Norwich. She attended Oxford, worked as an academic tutor, and
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