Death Walks the Woods

1981, mass market paperback reprint edition (of a work first published in 1954 - aka THE YEW TREE'S SHADE), Perennial Library / Harper & Row, NY. 222 pages. Cyril Hare wrote wonderful British mystery novels, featuring clever characters and solid writing. This particular title has been called delightfully entertaining. Mr. Pettigrew and his wife have settled into country society. Until one day one of his neighbors, a sweet old dear, is murdered. Yikes!