The Tall House Mystery: A Chief Inspector Pointer Mystery

It had seemed an innocent lark, a group of young friends taking a short
term lease on a holdover from London’s past, an elegant house full of
history and genuine if shabby furnishings. But when a silly prank turns
tragic and one of their number, pretending to be a ghost, is shot dead by
a pistol supposedly filled with blanks, the holiday becomes a matter for
the police, specifically Chief Inspector Pointer of Scotland Yard. Was
the death truly just a tragic accident, or was something more sinister
behind it? There are plenty of clues and presumed motives, but almost
from the beginning Pointer suspects there is than meets the eye to . . . The Tall House Mystery!