Clue of the New Shoe, The

(Originally published 1952, Heinemann. Out-of-print.) pp. 173+ #0318 The naked body of a man is discovered entombed in the wall of the Split Point Lighthouse on Australia’s southeast coast; the murder is two months old, and the identity of the victim is unknown. Of Split Point’s suspicious inhabitants, only Ed Penwarden, the coffin-maker, befriends Bony upon his arrival. As he delves into the case, Bony is curious to know why a coffin is moved in the night, who was the girl seen struggling with Dick Lake on the cliff top–and why the Bully Buccaneers came to deal in death.