#5: Death at the Bar by Ngaio Marsh

British mysteries, they kill me! I know you can’t read the back description, but here’s the first part:

Holidaying in South Devon, Luke Watchman joins in a dart game at the local pub, is struck on the hand by a dart - and dies horribly. The dart was not the lethal instrument; the brandy administered in a futile effort to revive him had not been tampered with. What then could have been the method of murder - and motive?

I, of course, can’t tell you exactly who murdered Luke Watchman, but I can tell you that this Pocket Book edition was totally fun to read. It was originally copy-written in 1940, with this edition being published at the start of World War II. The cover has some bloody beautiful artwork and the back encourages you to share it with someone in uniform. And as a bonus, I got to read fun phrases like “house of ill repute” along with “hullabaloo and a pother.” Those English people are silly.