The Five Red Herrings

The fracas in the McClellan Arms was inevitable after a drop too much whisky. When one of the brawlers was found dead next morning many people thought it too was inevitable, for Campbell had a knack of making enemies. Six in particular. And all members of the local artists' colony.

Lord Peter Wimsey, holidaying in the small Galloway town, was certain that Campbell's death was no accident. There were six undeniable suspects, all with interlocking and watertight alibis. That was, until the six suspects became five red herrings - and one killer.