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If a blackmail letter drives a man to suicide, is the sender guilty of murder? Yes, says Oliver Swithin, author of bestselling Finsbury the Ferret children;s stories and amateur sleuth, who is on holiday in an ancient village. A midnight streak with his naked girlfriend"Scotland Yard;s Effie Strongitham"abruptly ends in the discovery of a corpse. Retired radiobroadcaster Dennis Breedlove has hanged himself from the old gibbet. Evidence suggests blackmail may have driven this celebrity to suicide. Irresistibly intrigued, Oliver believes discovering the dead man;s secret will lead to the identity of the blackmailer. But in Britain today, when shame is a ticket to fame, why suicide? What if it wasn;t?When the mystery abruptly turns inside out, black-clad strangers attack Oliver in the night. The Vicar behaves strangely. So do the village;s five unmarried Bennet sisters, a mysterious monk, the persistent, self-effacing Underwood Tooth, and Oliver;s Uncle Tim, Effie;s superior at...Pages of This Private Plot :