The Murder of Mrs. Davenport

When Helen Davenport is found strangled in her London flat, the news shocks even those who thought they knew her well. Beautiful, charming, and surrounded by gossip, Helen had lived a life that drew both admiration and quiet resentment.

As questions begin to surface, Scott Egerton, a Member of Parliament with a sharp eye for trouble, starts looking more closely at the people around her. What first appears to be a simple crime soon reveals a tangled history and a circle of suspects with reasons to keep the past hidden.

The Murder of Mrs Davenport is a tense Golden Age mystery by Anthony Gilbert, blending sharp social observation with a puzzle that grows darker the deeper it goes.