Download or read book The Footsteps at the Lock written by Ronald Arbuthnott Knox and published by Courier Corporation. This book was released on 1983-01-01 with total page 276 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Urbane mystery, set in the pastoral reaches of the upper Thames, concerns the disappearance of young heir to a fortune. Insurance company investigator Miles Bredon takes on the case. Delightfully tongue-in-cheek tone, baffling clues, challenging mystery counterpointed by poetic evocation of the river and countryside. Fine novel by author of 10 celebrated "commandments" for writing detective fiction.