Death and Miss Dane — Harriet Ainsworth

There was snow in Devonshire at the end of May, and floods on the first day of June -- signs that would have sent an ancient Greek hurrying to propitiate the gods. But Paul Saracen merely cursed the climate and went about his business and remained oblivious to the fact that the floodwater, draining out of Fern Valley, was taking with it his established way of life. It was not only the climate that affected the pleasant village of Fern Valley: it was a brutal murder which, coinciding with a number of unexpected arrivals in the neighborhood, made Paul question his conviction that the lovely Miss Dane could have had no connection with the shocking event.