Dimensions
111 x 17 x 176mm
A Victorian Whodunnit
When master chef Auguste Didier decides he needs a rest in his native Cannes he is convinced that there at least he will not encounter murder, which seems to have stalked him as inexorably as Jack the Ripper his victims. No cold hand of violent death could possibly touch this delightful place of sun and warmth . . .
But back in London Inspector Egbert Rose of Scotland Yard is investigating a series of jewel burglaries. It is no ordinary case. For each of the six missing jewels had been encased in an exquisite Faberge egg, the gift of the Grand Duke Igor of Russia to his ex-mistresses. Worse, Inspector Rose discovers there is a seventh egg . . . and he sets off hot-foot to warn its owner - in Cannes.
There, the Gentlemen (the English, under the captaincy of the Prince of Wales) are about to engage the Players (the rest of the world) in a to-the-death cricket match. And where such passions are raised, murder is sure to follow . . .
