Publication

1961 - Dodd, Mead, New York, New York (State)

Language

English

Word Count

53,000 words, Guess

Page Count

212 pages

Identifiers

Classifications

  • LCCPZ3.S9152 Van

Description

Last in the long-running series featuring amateur detective Dr Launcelot Priestley. Freddie Hapton, a young testpilot, finds himself one winter's day making a forced landing by parachute amid the snow-covered hills of Benshire. Spending the night in a deserted shepherds' hut, he notices a green metal box secured by two padlocks. The significance of this box in the affairs of the nearby Greystoke family becomes the problem that Superintendent Jimmy Waghorn has to unravel when one of them is murdered mysteriously. How did it fit in with the theft of the silver bust of the Empress Eugenie that was an heirloom of the elder branch of the Greystoke family? Jimmy, in between visits to the North Country, is helped by a few hints from his friend Dr. Priestley.

Subjects

Series Statement

  • Red badge detective

Other Editions

  • The Vanishing DiaryDodd, Mead1961

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