The Coat Of Arms

1931 Edgar Wallace novel. The story begins with following the Arranway family and various people that touch their life. Sketchley where the Coat of Arms roadhouse stands is a place of strange happenings. A complicated trail of theft arson and blackmail culminates in murder at the Coat of Arms roadhouse and T. B. Collett the crack Scotland Yard detective must cope with a cast of stock company suspects and an incompetent local detective. Little by little you can see that pretty much everyone had a reason to kill the victim. This is a dandy story with all the Golden Age mystery elements.