Nothing but the Truth

After dining with his solicitor, Henry Watlington is dismayed to discover that Ellers, his chauffeur, is too drunk to drive him home – distinctly odd, as Ellers rarely drinks. Luckily a passing policeman offers to drive them both home. The next morning, Ellers wakes up by the side of the road under a rhododendron bush with no recall of the previous evening – and the policeman bearing the name given by the good Samaritan has a similar tale. Meanwhile, Henry Watlington has vanished without a trace…

Soon a body is discovered, an apparent victim of a hit and run – although somebody took the time to lock the body into an Automobile Association box by the side of the road. It will take all of the brainpower of the local police, Scotland Yard, and, of course, Dr Lancelot Priestley, to bring a cunning murderer to justice.