Pierre Chambrun Mystery / Murder in High Places / Hugh Pentecost

William Dougal is a postgraduate history student with expensive tastes and low morals. He is the sort who likes to commit murders as much as he likes to solve them. So when he stumbles across the mutilated corpse of his hated professor, he doesn’t call the police. Instead, he sneaks away to avoid a fight with his girlfriend. Of course, his actions do not go undetected. That’s when the charming James Hanbury shows up and reminds us that the dead man was an expert on Caroline Minuscule, a medieval script that can convey a very modern message. Douglas goes off the rails in his Morris Mini, which leads him to a diamond stash and more murders….