Snare in the Dark — Frank Parrish

The wily English poacher Dan Mallett was generally liked but nowhere trusted in the remote English village where he lived. The gamekeeper Edgar Bland was generally trusted but nowhere liked. The two men were old enemies, so when Bland was killed with a crossbow, Dan was the obvious suspect. On the night of the murder Dan had been in the woods setting snares (illegally, of course) when he witnessed Bland's death. Unfortunately, nobody would believe a third man had been present. And in the eyes of police, Dan had the opportunity and the motive. So who had set the murder trap? Dan had to confront unknown enemies who would stop at nothing to protect their sinister secret before he could find out.