"My accidents can't be accidental. Very well, there's only one thing
they can be-and that's attempted murder."
Archy Mitfold had always loved a mystery, but he never expected to take
the lead role in a thriller. Yet there was no doubt in his mind that
someone was trying to kill him. First there was the narrow miss on
Trumpeter's Row, where a car accelerated straight at him. Then there
were the chocolates Archy received on his birthday--with an unsigned
card--that made him ill. Most recent was the sharp push in the back that
almost sent him sprawling in front of an oncoming commuter train. What
does Archy know that someone is willing to kill for? And does the recent
kidnapping of millionaire Sampson Vick have anything to do with his
accidents? Or is all this just the sign of self-absorbed and histrionic
young man? Before long, Chief Inspector Dan Pardoe is called to
investigate and untangles more than one mystery in the process.
A Deed Without a Name has a well-realised and atmospheric setting during
England's "phony war" period in 1939.