The Three Taps

Ronald Knox's *The Three Taps* plunges into the peculiar death of Jephthah Mottram, a wealthy businessman found deceased from gas poisoning during his annual fishing retreat. The plot thickens with the confluence of a hefty life insurance policy, Mottram's prior attempts to negotiate a settlement due to a health diagnosis, and the baffling arrangement of three gas taps in his inn room. The stage is set for a classic locked-room mystery, albeit one complicated by financial motives and a web of conflicting details that defy simple explanation.