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🔎 The Plot
At a country estate on a stormy night, a powerful statesman is discovered bludgeoned in his study: the murder weapon a carpenter’s rasp, ugly and unexpected. The list of suspects is tight: family with too much to lose, servants who know too much, and political hangers-on with motives polished to a sheen.

Enter Anthony Gethryn, ex–intelligence officer, cool-headed amateur, who dissects alibis, reconstructs timelines, and reads the smallest physical details (a tool mark, a tread, a door on the latch) until the neatest story collapses and the real one stands revealed.

🧨 The Hook
A brutal weapon, a locked-in circle, and a sleuth who treats every clue like a code: this is crisp, clue-forward detection that turns respectability inside out.

3 Reasons To Add This To Your TBR

1. Series Origin: The debut of Anthony Gethryn, witty, incisive, and built for fair-play puzzles.
2. Country-House Pressure Cooker: Money, reputation, and ambition collide behind polished doors.
3. Forensic Mindset: Tool impressions, micro-timings, and razor logic deliver a solution that clicks.

For readers who crave elegant deduction with a hard edge, and a finale that rewards close attention,The Rasp is a classic worth rediscovering.

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