Ground for Suspicion is a 1950 detective novel by the British writer Cecil Street, writing under the pen name of Miles Burton.Evans p.117 It was part of a lengthy series of books featuring the detective Desmond Merrion and Inspector Arnold of Scotland Yard.Reilly p.1259 Maurice Richardson writing in The Observer considered it " Readable enough in its old-fashioned, consequential style.".
Synopsis Looking for a break from crime-solving Merrion heads on holiday with his wife to the seaside town of Shellmouth. Before he has been there more than a few days, however, three suspicious deaths have occurred and with Scotland Yard called in he join with Arnold to solve the mysteries.
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