The Murders Near Mapleton An Anthony Bathurst Mystery"This is not suicide, gentlemen. This is murder! Cold blooded murder! The sooner we get the police here and find Sir Eustace Vernon, the better!"Christmas Eve at Vernon House is in full swing. Sir Eustace's nearest and dearest, and the great and the good of Mapleton, are all there. But the season of comfort and joy doesn't run true to form. Before the night is out, Sir Eustace has disappeared and his butler, Purvis, lies dead, poisoned, with a