A Man Lay Dead

Its All Fun and Games Until Someone Gets Murdered. At Sir Hubert Handesleys country house party five guests have gathered for the uproarious parlor game of "Murder." Yet no one is laughing when the lights come up on an actual corpse the good-looking and mysterious Charles Rankin. Scotland Yards Inspector Roderick Alleyn arrives to find a complete collection of alibis a missing butler and an intricate puzzle of betrayal and sedition in the search for the key player in this deadly game.