Publisher's Synopsis
On Armistice Day, the hallowed calm of the Bellona Club is shattered rather unpleasantly when the ancient General Fentiman is discovered dead in his chair by the fireplace. It seems a straightforward passing away from natural causes - though, curiously enough, the General's estranged sister Lady Dormer also died that very morning. And when solicitor Mr. Murbles explains to Lord Peter Wimsey that the exact moment of General Fentiman's death will determine the beneficiary of a fortune, the gentleman sleuth is spurred to investigate...
