Spinsters in JeopardyAn exotic end for an English spinster En route to a family vacation on the French Riviera, Inspector Roderick Alleyn glimpses from the train a shocking tableau. In a moonlit window a white-robed figure raises a knife to a woman's shadow. 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... |
Contents
Journey to the South | 8 |
Operation Truebody | 29 |
Morning with Mr Oberon | 43 |
The Elusiveness of Mr Garbel | 58 |
Ricky in Roqueville | 80 |
Consultation | 97 |
Sound of Ricky | 117 |
Ricky Regained | 138 |
Dinner at Roqueville | 158 |
Thunder in the Air | 177 |
P E Garbel | 195 |
Eclipse of the Sun | 218 |
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