Anna Maynard Barbour

That Mainwaring Affair iilustrated Anna Maynard Barbour

Wealthy British ex-pat Hugh Mainspring has no heirs and writes his will for British nephew and namesake. But on his 50th birthday, the elder Hugh is found shot, the will burned. "The fierce sunlight of a sultry afternoon in the early part of July forced its way through every crevice and cranny of the closely drawn shutters in the luxurious private offices