Margaret Erskine Livres

Un horrible pressentiment étreint Mrs Vereker : celui de la mort prochaine de son amie Winifred, dont le mari semble pressé de se débarrasser tout en héritant de sa fortune ! Qu'à cela ne tienne : le neveu de Mrs Vereker, Septimus Finch, à la respectable profession d'inspecteur de Scotland Yard, fera un détour par Blanteor avant de partir en vacances. Mais juste avant d'arriver à destination, Finch tome nez à nez - ou presque - avec un cadavre à la gorge tranchée. L'attendent ensuite un fantôme, une femme aux nerfs ébranlés, et un médium véreux...

In her huge, isolated, empty house, beautiful and selfish Lisa Harcourt was murdered immediately following the announcement of her engagement to wealthy Mr. Gessington. Many people hated her, for good cause: — There was Harriet Warry, whose twin brother David was a rejected, humiliated suitor. — There was Harriet's husband Mark, a blatant victim of Lisa's magic There was John Potter, Lisa's half-brother, whose strong sense of family found her way of life intolerable. There were Miss Budgeon, the village "character," who knew too much about Lisa; and Amy Dimmick, Lisa's maid, a firm believer in self-preservation. And what about her quiet, shy ex-husband? Where did he fit into this sordid jigsaw of deep and violent passions? A lot of good suspects for Inspector Septimus Finch!