The Daffodil Mystery

After the violent death of Thornton Lyne, investigators including Tarling, the Commissioner and Milburgh unravel a knot of quarrels, secret relationships and suspicious alibis. The inquiry turns on physical evidence—a bloodstained night-dress, handkerchiefs, a missing revolver, thumb-prints and a revealing diary—and an unexpected Chinese printed slip that suggests an external criminal link centered on Ling Chu. Interviews, confessions and forensic leads repeatedly shift suspicion, particularly toward Odette Rider and Sam Stay, and the accumulated testimony and discoveries produce arrests and a final statement that clarifies motive and the sequence of events.