Miles Burton Books in Order

A newcomer running High Eldersham's village pub is stabbed to death, drawing Scotland Yard into a secretive East Anglian community. Inspector Young seeks amateur investigator Desmond Merrion's help when the evidence suggests something seemingly impossible.

The discovery of human remains inside a milk churn sends Inspector Arnold and Desmond Merrion across the country in search of an identity. Conflicting clues suggest someone is misleading the investigation while another person may be secretly helping it.

Sir Wilfred Saxonby is shot inside a locked train compartment after the train stops in a tunnel. Inspector Arnold and Desmond Merrion investigate a mysterious signal and clues that suggest a conspiracy rather than suicide.

A healthy young man is found dead inside a locked bathroom, but examination reveals neither violence nor poison. Inspector Arnold and his colleagues must uncover how death reached him and determine which seemingly ordinary details conceal the explanation.

The murder of a stamp collector's secretary brings Inspector Arnold to an English village. When an unidentified woman's body is discovered, a second death deepens the mystery he must unravel through the accumulated clues.

Wendy Burge takes a bus from Deaning to Goose Common while collecting money for a hospital fund, then disappears. The discovery of her body in the River Lure turns an ordinary journey into a murder investigation.

Desmond Merrion and Inspector Arnold investigate the murder of Lord Barromer. Further unexplained events follow the killing, complicating the detectives' attempt to understand what happened and how the disturbances fit together.

The suspicious death of Dilys Botesdale draws Inspector Arnold and Desmond Merrion into a case entangled with her husband’s institutional care. Questions of inheritance and wartime dealings expose hidden motives as the investigators reconstruct the circumstances around her death.

An elderly woman apparently returns to life shortly after her great-niece finds her dead. Desmond Merrion investigates the family’s strained relationships, only to discover two bodies whose very different states of decay make the mystery still more perplexing.

Anonymous warnings unsettle the residents of a quiet English street, escalating into dangerous pranks. When a couple dies, Desmond Merrion and Inspector Arnold must determine who is manipulating the neighborhood’s growing fear and what lies behind the threats.

Holidaying with his unwell wife, Desmond Merrion encounters suspicious accidents among the heirs of a wealthy woman. A doctor’s drowning and a nurse’s fatal fall bring Inspector Arnold into a case where inheritance may make every death significant.

The murder of an estate agent in an English market town appears far removed from suspicious activity aboard a Norwegian freighter. Desmond Merrion uncovers connections between the two, helping Inspector Arnold look beyond the most obvious local suspect.

A recognizable odor accompanies a series of deaths in the village of Lamsford. Inspector Arnold and Desmond Merrion investigate whether the smell offers a reliable clue to the killings or further complicates an already puzzling case.

An artist’s suspicious death is followed by his brother’s poisoning, leaving Inspector Arnold and Desmond Merrion with an apparent contradiction. Those who could have committed both crimes lack a motive, while those who benefit seem to lack opportunity.

A death at a private convalescent home first appears to be an overdose, until evidence points to murder. After another resident is found dead beside a railway, Inspector Arnold and Desmond Merrion follow a sparse trail toward the killer.

Mr Gregory is found dead on the dining-room carpet at the Moorings, with only a small cut on his cheek to suggest anything unusual. Superintendent Yardley and Inspector Caldwell develop competing explanations for the puzzling death.