Murder of a Martinet

Murder of a Martinet is a 1951 detective novel by E.C.R. Lorac, the pen name of the British writer Edith Caroline Rivett.^[1][2] It is the thirty fifth in her long-running series featuring Chief Inspector MacDonald of Scotland Yard. It was published in the United States by Doubleday under the alternative title of I Could Murder Her.^[3]

Murder of a Martinet

First edition
Author	E.C.R. Lorac
Language	English
Series	Chief Inspector MacDonald
Genre	Detective
Publisher	Collins Crime Club (UK) Doubleday (US)
Publication date	1951
Publication place	United Kingdom
Media type	Print
Preceded by	Accident by Design
Followed by	The Dog It Was That Died

Synopsis

In a manor house in the English countryside Muriel Farrington rules over her various grown children like a martinet, keeping them all in line whenever anyone threatens to dissent from her. When she is found dead, MacDonald is called in to cast his eye over several possible culprits.