John Phelps Ordre des livres

A new company secretary, brought in by the proprietor to tackle a seaside newspaper's ailing finances, is found battered to death under a disused pier. It soon becomes apparent that the victim, Hubert Weaving, was utterly ruthless in the way he tackled his task and that he had made a lot of enemies. Yet who the killer is remains a mystery.

The setting is the Isle of Andronicus, which is the size of Australia and is ruled by mice. Other rodents are subservient to mice, but superior to other forms of life.