Aline Innesmore is visiting the Rossway family in London and the highlight of her visit has arrived - she is to be presented at Court by Lady Julia Rossway. On the night of the grand occasion, however, her delight turns to horror when she finds herself first on the scene of the gruesome murder of the Rossways' friend Barrasford Swete. As the investigation progresses she joins forces with Lady Julia's son Rodney to investigate the killing - with a little help from Inspector Manderton and Trevor Dene of Scotland Yard. As family secrets rise to the surface, however, nothing can prepare them for the shocking truth...
Originally published in 1931, this is a classic British murder mystery from the golden age of crime fiction - and the first of four novels to feature 'young' Trevor Dene of Scotland Yard.
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