Undetectable Poison
Notes: I have included this page out of sheer admiration for the character of Dr. Brambleweir, who I dearly wish was a Veridical Personality, and not consigned merely to the pages of books and magazines. Sigh…
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Dramatis Personae
Annabelle: Sir Adam’s second wife.
Bruce: Sir Adam’s secretary.
Cecil: Sir Adam’s old friend and tenant.
Dr. Daniel: Sir Adam’s friend and physician.
Eli: Engaged to Sir Adam’s daughter Ingrid.
Freddie: Sir Adam’s neighbor.
Gregory: Sir Adam’s brother.
Hattie: Sir Adam’s niece.
Ingrid: Sir Adam’s daughter from his first marriage.
Josephine: Sir Adam’s mistress. Married to Freddie.
Kathy: Sir Adam’s tenant.
Leonard: Sir Adam’s solicitor.
Meghan: Sir Adam’s penniless relative; companion to Annabelle.
Ollie: Sir Adam’s gamekeeper. Also his half-brother.
Polly: Sir Adam’s neighbor. Second victim.
Quinton: The man Sir Adam wanted Ingrid to marry.
Ravi: Sir Adam’s old research partner.
Stella: Sir Adam’s neighbor. A famous mystery writer.
Timothy: Sir Adam’s old friend.
Uncle Ulric: Sir Adam’s uncle. Lived in the Elizabethan wing of Clutterbuck Court.
The Vicar: The Vicar.
Wilhelmina: Sir Adam’s neighbor. An attractive widow.
Xavier: Sir Adam’s cousin.
Yuri: A stranger at the Inn. Has business with Sir Adam.
Zoe: Sir Adam’s neighbor. Obsessed with astrology. 
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Ten points, good for absolutely nothing, will be given to the first reader who identifies the detective I am referencing in this post.
Unfortunately, the only detectives I’ve read much about are Sherlock Holmes and Hercule Poirot, and I’m sure they’re not him. Who is he?
Hey Lori! The detective is Dr. Thorndyke, by R. Austin Freeman. The Dr. Thorndyke stories are great, and are under-read today, I think; they are good mysteries, and gently funny, too, and just lots of fun. The Eye of Osiris is a good one to start with, if you are interested, and is available for free (because it is now in the public domain) on the Internet Archive, here: https://archive.org/details/eyeosirisadetec00freegoog
The Internet Archive also has audiobooks (read by volunteers) of, I think, three Dr. Thorndyke books: The Eye of Osiris (great!), The Red Thumb-Mark (also great), and The Mystery of 31 New Inn (great-ish).