Long Farewell

Lewis Packford, the great Shakespearean scholar, was thought to have discovered a book annotated by the Bard - but there is no trace of this valuable object when Packford apparently commits suicide. Sir John Appleby finds a mixed bag of suspects at the dead man's house, who might all have a good motive for murder. The scholars and bibliophiles who were present might have been tempted by the precious document in Packford's possession. And Appleby discovers that Packford had two secret marriages, and that both of these women were at the house at the time of his death.

Se credea ca Lewis Packford, marele carturar shakespearian, a descoperit o carte adnotata de Bard - dar nu exista nicio urma a acestui obiect valoros atunci cand Packford se sinucide aparent. Sir John Appleby gaseste un sac mixt de suspecti la casa mortului, care ar putea avea toti un motiv bun pentru crima.