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Anthony Slayton

“I do not wish to disturb you, your lordship, but there is a body in the garden…”

England, 1929. When a strange young woman is found murdered on the grounds of Unsworth Castle, the Earl and his family are astounded at first, but quickly become enraged when the police begin asking all sorts of impertinent questions.

And when suspicions dare to fall on one of their own, it is up to Mr. Quayle, Lord Unsworth’s exceedingly efficient secretary, to find the true culprit and save the House of Unsworth from scandal and ruin in this "English country house mystery infused with humor, verve, and plenty of surprises." (Kirkus Reviews)

A Most Efficient Murder is the first in the Mr. Quayle Mysteries.

Rafe Beckley

Ink and Dagger Press

The Mr. Quayle Mysteries

A Most Efficient Murder

“One murder was quite enough for this family!” Lady Constance declared. “Two starts to look like carelessness! What happens when it’s three? Or four?”

France 1926. In the wake of murder and tragedy, Lord Unsworth and his family flee to the French Riviera in a desperate attempt to escape the ensuing scandal and find a few months of peace and solitude. But their hopes are soon dashed when Fanny joins a community of writers, artists, and anarchists, and Arthur unwittingly becomes entangled in a plot to catch an elusive international jewel thief.

And when Lord Unsworth’s old flame, Lady Rosaline Barrett De Marchi, is found dead in suspicious circumstances, the efficient Mr. Quayle finds himself once again called upon to save the family from ruin…

A Rather Dastardly Death is the second in the Mr. Quayle Mystery series.

A Rather Dastardly Death