Thirty-first in the mystery series with Inspector Arnold and amateur detective Desmond Merrion.

Life in the sleepy village of Swinbury Mordayne was tranquil and undisturbed. Folk lived there only to provide material for the epitaphs on their own grave stones, yet this was the place that the novelist Aylmer Flotman had decided to visit in order to seek inspiration for a book. As it happened something did happen, and it started with the death of Lord Barromer, squire of the village, while out riding. That mishap was followed rapidly by even more inexplicable events. In Early Morning Murder Miles Burton tells an excellent story of detection, featuring, of course, Desmond Merrion and Inspector Arnold.