Case in the Clinic

by E.C.R. Lorac

In the quiet English village of Otter's Pool, where gossip travels faster than the post, death comes not with a scream—but with a whisper. When Reverend Anderby is found dead in his study and his doctor soon follows, the peaceful community is rattled to its core. What first seems like natural causes begins to unravel into something far more sinister.

Called in from Scotland Yard, Chief Inspector Macdonald must sift through layers of polite society and veiled secrets. Everyone, it seems, has something to hide—from the village busybody with a taste for scandal, to the seemingly respectable residents harboring grudges and motives.

With her signature elegance and psychological insight, E.C.R. Lorac spins a tightly-wound mystery where every alibi is questionable, and the truth hides behind the façade of civility. Will Macdonald unmask the killer before another victim falls?

A classic of the Golden Age of Detective Fiction, Case in the Clinic is a masterfully plotted tale of quiet menace and deductive brilliance.