Publication

1974 - Lythway, Bath, United Kingdom

Language

English

Word Count

63,250 words, Guess

Page Count

253 pages

Identifiers

Classifications

  • DDC823/.9/1F

Description

Lucas Dale, new owner of King’s Bourne, was flirting with danger when he showed his priceless collection of pearls to the guests assembled in his period salon. But when, under threat, he forced lovely Susan Lenox to break her engagement and consent to marry him, he started a train of events that inevitably led to murder, shattering the quiet of the English village. Bill Carrick, Susan’s former fiancé, is the primary suspect, but as Inspector Ernest Lamb and Detective Frank Abbott soon discover, Dale’s questionable past offered motives of revenge and greed to darken the mystery. Motives which would lead another victim into the path of murder…

Subjects

Other Editions

  • Who pays the piper?Lythway1974

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