The Sunningdale Murder and Its Frame

Partners in Crime

This flow follows the murder of Captain Sessle from a confusing eyewitness narrative to Tommy's reconstruction of a disguise and insurance fraud.

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A Body on the Links A Body on the Links from "Partners in Crime". A Body on the Links A Familiar Figure Captain Sessle is found dead on a golf tee, apparently killed with a woman's hat pin.

A Body on the Links from "Partners in Crime". A Body on the Links A Familiar Figure Captain Sessle is found dead on a golf tee, apparently killed with a woman's hat pin.

A Body on the Links A Familiar Figure Captain Sessle is found dead on a golf tee, apparently killed with a woman's hat pin. His blue coat makes him recognizable to the members who discover him. A Puzzle of Time He was last seen alive during a round of golf, but the body had been dead for hours. The timeline leaves room for a concealed encounter and a staged return.

Doris Accused Doris Accused from "Partners in Crime". Doris Accused A Damaging Encounter Doris Evans admits that she visited Sessle's bungalow and describes his threat of a double suicide.

Doris Accused from "Partners in Crime". Doris Accused A Damaging Encounter Doris Evans admits that she visited Sessle's bungalow and describes his threat of a double suicide.

Doris Accused A Damaging Encounter Doris Evans admits that she visited Sessle's bungalow and describes his threat of a double suicide. Hair and wool connect her to a struggle on the links. The Missing Woman Her account does not explain the tall woman in brown who spoke to Sessle earlier. The unexplained figure keeps the prosecution's simple story from resolving the case.

The Company Collapses The Company Collapses from "Partners in Crime". The Company Collapses A Financial Motive The Porcupine Assurance Co. enters liquidation, revealing serious misappropriation.

The Company Collapses from "Partners in Crime". The Company Collapses A Financial Motive The Porcupine Assurance Co. enters liquidation, revealing serious misappropriation.

The Company Collapses A Financial Motive The Porcupine Assurance Co. enters liquidation, revealing serious misappropriation. The apparent embezzler is Sessle, but the losses might also serve the partners who claim to be ruined. A New Suspect Tuppence asks whether Mr. Hollaby and his son could have benefited from Sessle's death. Her suspicion shifts the case from a jealous encounter to a possible financial frame.

The Blue Coat Reconsidered The Blue Coat Reconsidered from "Partners in Crime". The Blue Coat Reconsidered A Golfer's Observation Tommy recalls that the man in Sessle's familiar coat played golf badly after meeting the woman in brown.

The Blue Coat Reconsidered from "Partners in Crime". The Blue Coat Reconsidered A Golfer's Observation Tommy recalls that the man in Sessle's familiar coat played golf badly after meeting the woman in brown.

The Blue Coat Reconsidered A Golfer's Observation Tommy recalls that the man in Sessle's familiar coat played golf badly after meeting the woman in brown. The performance suggests that the person wearing it was not Sessle. A Disguise Constructed A nearby shelter could let a man change from women's clothes to plus-fours quickly. The blue coat becomes a costume that concealed the killer's identity.

The Hollaby Plan The Hollaby Plan from "Partners in Crime". The Hollaby Plan A Murderer's Method Tommy concludes that young Hollaby killed Sessle, wore his coat, and used Doris as an unwitting substitute suspect.

The Hollaby Plan from "Partners in Crime". The Hollaby Plan A Murderer's Method Tommy concludes that young Hollaby killed Sessle, wore his coat, and used Doris as an unwitting substitute suspect.

The Hollaby Plan A Murderer's Method Tommy concludes that young Hollaby killed Sessle, wore his coat, and used Doris as an unwitting substitute suspect. The hat pin was selected to suggest a woman's crime. A False Alibi Unraveled Old Hollaby's prominent account obscured his son's absence from inquiry. Inspector Marriot agrees to test the reconstruction against Doris's recognition.

The morning after the murder

A fortnight after the murder

During Tommy and Tuppence's review of the case

During the A.B.C. shop discussion

At the case's resolution