A gentle, easy-to-read murder mystery. Pretty predictable, but still enjoyable. The narrator was a fascinating character, and I would have loved to learn more about him but apparently this is an 'Angela Marchmont' mystery - which was rather confusing as Angela comes across as little more than a s...
‘I don’t know what we’ll find to talk about.’‘You will think of something,’ said Marthe. ‘And I am sure they will not be as dull as you expect. They must surely be used to having people to dinner. I expect they know as well as anyone how to conduct a conversation.’‘I expect so,’ said Angela. ‘Wha...
They all looked very tired: the Ambassador and the Foreign Secretary had been roused from their beds after only a few short hours’ sleep, while Jameson and Lord Strathmerrick had not been to bed at all. The unfortunate Professor Klausen was still in the chest, since nobody could decide where else...
When Inspector Jameson rang the bell, the door was answered by a young woman brandishing a broom who informed him that Mr. Tipping was out and not expected back immediately. The woman looked familiar to Jameson, but it was not until she had shut the door that he remembered who she was: it was Ali...
His eyes were closed and he was quite immobile. She patted his face gently and felt for a pulse, but her fingers were trembling and she could find none.‘Oh, goodness me,’ she said in the greatest dismay. ‘Edgar! Edgar! Are you all right? Speak to me! Oh, what shall I do?’ She sat up and looked ab...
Angela found a woman from her party and said that she was going home, and that she would take a taxi so please not to worry about her, then ran off before any questions could be asked. Then she and Valencourt slipped out unobserved through a side door and hurried to his motor-car, which was parke...
Naturally, the first thought of everybody had been to carry His Highness to the safety of his own bed as quickly as possible, and then to call in the finest doctors and surgeons in the land. An operation had been performed as a matter of urgency, in the hope of warding off the immediate danger to...