Half-Mast Murder
A Classic Golden Age Detective Mystery
A flag hangs at half-mast above a seaside summer house. No one can explain who lowered it, or why.
Choose your format
- Format
- Kindle + paperback
- Length
- 288 pages
- Published
- July 10, 2026
- ISBN-13
- 979-8186598077
About the book
A compact puzzle at the edge of the sea.
At Cliff’s End, a quiet English estate by the sea, tea, tennis, family visits, and polite conversation give way to a compact Golden Age puzzle.
Every path, errand, glance, and household habit may matter, but Milward Kennedy keeps the mystery cool, precise, and fair: the clues are there for readers who like to match wits with the detective.
First published in 1930, Half-Mast Murder is a classic British whodunit for fans of traditional detective fiction, country-house mystery, locked-room intrigue, and interwar crime fiction.
Inside this annotated edition:
- Cleaned, source-checked public-domain text
- Spoiler-free introduction and author biography
- Character guide and Golden Age context
- 48 explanatory notes on period language, police procedure, household customs, and fair-play clues
- Cliff’s End grounds map and summer-house plan
- Afterword and discussion questions for post-reading reflection
- Source note documenting the 1930 Crime Club text
Read it for the impossible setup, the seaside atmosphere, and the pleasure of watching a careful detective turn ordinary details into a case that finally makes sense.