Young guests gather for a weekend at Black Dudley, a bare grey mansion standing in a thousand acres of lonely park near the sea. After dinner comes the old family Ritual of the Dagger, played in the dark, and by morning there is a death in the house and the guests find they are not free to leave.
The debut of the vague, bespectacled Albert Campion, and a fine introduction to Allingham for lovers of Golden Age mystery. Download the free EPUB.