"The Middle of Things" by J. S. Fletcher tale of murder, hidden identities, and buried secrets in London's fashionable neighborhood of Bayswater. Bayswater is a quiet neighborhood whose residents tend to be successful lawyers or medical men, people of independent means, or wealthy colonials who returned to their homeland. A young man, Viner, works very hard to save an old acquaintance that he believes is falsely accused of murder. He is aided by a likable lawyer, Mr. Pawle as clues slowly unfold.