The Valley of Ghosts by Edgar Wallace

Scottie rarely went abroad in the daylight, not because of any secretiveness on his own part, but in deference to the wishes of Andy. If he were visible in the daytime, it was usually between one o'clock and two in the afternoon, at which hour Beverley Green was usually settled at lunch.

He came out by the side entrance of Nelson's house, his objective being the guest-house and Andy. Under his arm was the morning newspaper, a report in which was the subject of his visit, for there was a reference to himself which had made him uneasy. Some callow reporter who had evidently not heard of the happy conclusion to what Scottie euphemistically described as his 'law suit' had written of a 'sensational arrest in this delightful backwater of life' prior to the murder, and had evolved from this a conclusion unflattering to Scottie.