Anthony Gilbert

The British Secret Service, working to uncover a large-scale blackmail ring and catch its mysterious mastermind 'The Spider', find themselves at the country residence Feltham Abbey where a fancy-dress ball is in full swing....

'An unusually well told mystery tale'—NEW YORK TIMES A haunting country-house mystery of jealousy, secrets, and betrayal from the Golden Age of detective fiction. When celebrated painter Simon Chandos is found dead in his secluded Sussex home, what first appears to be a suicide soon unravels...

When Helen Davenport is found strangled in her fashionable London flat, the discovery shocks even those who thought they knew her best. Glamorous, charming, and with just enough scandal in her past to raise eyebrows, Helen had always walked a dangerous line between admiration and envy. But who...

A big black handbag, two bunches of daffodils, and a sharp-faced young man with pointed shoes. When a purse goes missing on a London-bound coach, an elderly passenger named Elsie steps in to fix the mess.