The Blotting Book

"The Blotting Book" by E. F. Benson is a mystery crime novel. It takes place in Brighton and the nearby South Downs. Two lawyers have embezzled the £30,000 inheritance of Morris Assheton, who recently returned from Cambridge University. They attempt to cover their tracks, but when one of them turns up dead Assheton is suspected of his murder. The case hinges around a forged letter in a blotting book.