Strange, macabre happenings in a country house, which lead to four unpleasant deaths; a conflicting maze of suspicion and tragedy, rising to its final crescendo of unendurable horror. Who was the unknown “Anna” so closely linked with the murders? Why was Slade’s shirt stained with red, blue and purple dyes? Did Debenham’s ghost really walk? Those were but a few of the questions which Septimus Dodds was required to answer. How he arrived at the incredible truth is told by Sandy Stacey, with that delicious blend of eerie atmosphere and humour which has already won him fame.
First published: 1946
