![]() Miss Campanula was a spiteful gossip, gleefully destroying others' lives merely for her won excitement. Who in the quiet village of Chipping would kill wealthy spinster Idris Campanula? Plenty of people, among them her fellow cast members from a troubled charity production. Thus begins his incognito exploration of the Chateau of the Silver Goat.where a jet-set cult's 'Way of Life' could spell death for a maiden lady of a certain age-and even for Alleyn's own young son unless he can unveil its illicit mysteries.Īmateur actors set the stage for murder. ![]() In a moonlit window a white-robed figure raises a knife to a woman's shadow. ![]() And Inspector Roderick Alleyn, C.I.D., digging about Upper Quintern, may unearth still a eply buried motive for murder.Įn route to a family vacation on the French Riviera, Inspector Roderick Alleyn glimpses from the train a shocking tableau. Her autopsy holds one surprise, a secret drawer a second. In fact, she is rapturous over the new asparagus beds when a visit from her unwelcome stepson sends her scurrying to a chic spa for a rest cure, a liaison with the spa's director.and an apparent suicide. ![]() ![]() A spa stay turns into a homicidal holiday.A bit snobbish and a trifle high-strung, Sybil Foster prides herself on owning the finest estate in Upper Quintern and hiring the best gardener. ![]()
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