| Ground for Suspicion | |
| Author: | Cecil Street |
| Country: | United Kingdom |
| Language: | English |
| Series: | Desmond Merrion |
| Genre: | Detective |
| Release Date: | 1950 |
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| Preceded By: | Look Alive |
| Followed By: | A Village Afraid |
Ground for Suspicion is a 1950 detective novel by the British writer Cecil Street, writing under the pen name of Miles Burton.[1] It was part of a lengthy series of books featuring the detective Desmond Merrion and Inspector Arnold of Scotland Yard.[2] Maurice Richardson writing in The Observer considered it " Readable enough in its old-fashioned, consequential style.".
Looking for a break from crime-solving Merrion heads on holiday with his wife to the seaside town of Shellmouth. Before he has been there more than a few days, however, three suspicious deaths have occurred and with Scotland Yard called in he join with Arnold to solve the mysteries.