Death at the Inn — John Rhode

Soon after six o'clock on a warm August evening the Ariadne Inn was packed with humanity, and it was not immediately apparent that one of the guests at a table in the gardens was not asleep but dead! There were mysterious elements in the cause of his death and a still greater mystery in his previous activities. Who was this Mr. Warstock and why had he come to the Ariadne? A complicated puzzle had been set for Superintendent Jimmy Waghorn...