Miss Loach, a sharp and secretive old lady, engages Susan Grant as parlour-maid after a searching interview, each woman privately sizing up the other. Soon there is a crime in the cottage, a death no one can explain, a Spanish dancer called Maraquito, a puzzled niece named Juliet and a detective who doubts that the dead woman had nothing to conceal.
A twisty puzzle from the author of the bestselling Mystery of a Hansom Cab. Download the free EPUB.