The Stowmarket Mystery; Or, a Legacy of Hate

David Hume-Frazer beat a murder charge, but he hasn't beaten the suspicion. Acquitted for the death of his cousin Sir Alan, David emerges from court into a town that has already decided his guilt. Enter Reginald Brett, barrister and amateur detective, hired to do what the trial couldn't: prove innocence. But as Brett pulls at the threads of the Hume-Frazer family, he finds something stranger than motive. There's a legacy at work in Stowmarket, an inheritance of hate passed down through generations, and the family home holds secrets that refuse to stay buried. This is early detective fiction at its most devious: we know who was accused, we know he walked free, and still we must watch Brett dismantle the truth piece by poisonous piece. The question isn't who killed Sir Alan. The question is what the family has been hiding, and how far the legacy of hate reaches.