# Murder in the Gunroom — Chapters explained

> Chapter companions for Murder in the Gunroom by H. Beam Piper.

- [Dedication](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/murder_in_the_gunroom_se/chapters/dedication.md): The author dedicates the book to Colonel Henry W. Shoemaker, an old and valued friend, fulfilling a promise made twenty-two years earlier for a different novel.
- [Murder in the Gunroom](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/murder_in_the_gunroom_se/chapters/murder-in-the-gunroom.md): Jeff Rand is hired by Gladys Fleming to investigate the suspicious death of her husband, Lane Fleming, a renowned arms collector. Rand begins his inquiry by meeting with the executor, Humphrey Goode, and visiting the gun
- [I](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/murder_in_the_gunroom_se/chapters/i.md): Gladys Fleming hires private detective and arms expert Jeff Rand to appraise and sell her late husband's collection of 2,500 pistols. Rand initially resists but accepts a $5,000 fee. Gladys outlines the family dynamics: 
- [II](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/murder_in_the_gunroom_se/chapters/ii.md): Jeff Rand explains to Dave Ritter and Kathie O'Grady why he believes Lane Fleming was murdered, not a suicide or accident, based on inconsistencies with the antique revolver. He then visits his lawyer, Carter Tipton, to 
- [III](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/murder_in_the_gunroom_se/chapters/iii.md): Jeff Rand meets with Humphrey Goode, the executor of Lane Fleming's estate, to clarify his role as a firearms expert retained by Gladys Fleming to appraise and sell the valuable pistol collection. Goode initially suspect

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- [IV](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/murder_in_the_gunroom_se/chapters/iv.md)
- [V](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/murder_in_the_gunroom_se/chapters/v.md)
- [VI](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/murder_in_the_gunroom_se/chapters/vi.md)
- [VII](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/murder_in_the_gunroom_se/chapters/vii.md)
- [VIII](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/murder_in_the_gunroom_se/chapters/viii.md)
- [Chapter IX](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/murder_in_the_gunroom_se/chapters/ix.md)
- [Chapter X](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/murder_in_the_gunroom_se/chapters/x.md)
- [XI](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/murder_in_the_gunroom_se/chapters/xi.md)
- [XII](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/murder_in_the_gunroom_se/chapters/xii.md)
- [XIII](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/murder_in_the_gunroom_se/chapters/xiii.md)
- [XIV](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/murder_in_the_gunroom_se/chapters/xiv.md)
- [XV](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/murder_in_the_gunroom_se/chapters/xv.md)
- [Chapter XVI](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/murder_in_the_gunroom_se/chapters/xvi.md)
- [XVII](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/murder_in_the_gunroom_se/chapters/xvii.md)
- [XVIII](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/murder_in_the_gunroom_se/chapters/xviii.md)
- [XIX](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/murder_in_the_gunroom_se/chapters/xix.md)
- [The Trap Springs](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/murder_in_the_gunroom_se/chapters/xx.md)
- [XXI](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/murder_in_the_gunroom_se/chapters/xxi.md)

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