金石堂＂True and glorious indulgence. A dazzling example of a golden age mystery.＂ —Daisy Goodwin, author of Victoria and The American Heiress
Set amid the legendary Mitford household, the second in the thrilling, Golden Age-style Mitford Murders series by Jessica Fellowes, author of the New York Times bestselling Downton Abbey books.
Meet the Bright Young Things, the rabble-rousing hedonists of the 1920s whose treasure hunts enrapture the media. One of their games, taking place at the 18th birthday party of Pamela Mitford, ends in tragedy as cruel, charismatic Adrian Curtis is pushed to his death from the bell tower of the church neighboring the Mitford home, Asthall Manor.
The police quickly identify the killer as a maid, Dulcie, who is discovered to be a member of a notorious gang of female thieves, the Forty Elephants. But Louisa Cannon, chaperone of the Mitford girls and a former criminal herself, believes Dulcie is innocent, and alongside Pamela and Nancy Mitford, sets out to clear the girl’s name...all while the real killer lurks, perhaps only around the corner...
