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Book Synopsis'The most interesting of the great female writers of the Golden Age. This disarmingly low-key tale of a mysterious disappearance is the perfect introduction to her world' VAL MCDERMID
'The definition of a classic, a real cut above. It hasn't aged a day' JOSEPH KNOX
When Hollywood-star photographer Leslie Searle disappears from a remote English village, gifted inspector Alan Grant is called in to investigate. But what would bring such a successful individual to the village? And was his vanishing his own doing, or did something eerie occur at the hands of an unsuspected culprit?
'Will leave you desperate to re-read' SARAH HILARY
'Worth reading for its ingenious denouement'TIMES LITERARY SUPPLEMENT
Trade ReviewThe most interesting of the great female writers of the Golden Age. This disarmingly low-key tale of a mysterious disappearance is the perfect introduction to her world -- Val McDermid
The definition of a classic, a real cut above. It hasn't aged a day -- Joseph Knox
Will leave you desperate to re-read -- Sarah Hilary
Worth reading for its ingenious denouement * Times Literary Supplement *
One of the best mysteries of all time * New York Times *
As interesting and enjoyable a book as they will meet in a month of Sundays * Observer *
Nobody can beat Miss Tey at characterisation or elegance of style:
this novel's a beauty * San Francisco Chronicle *
First-rate mystery, ably plotted and beautifully written * Los Angeles Times *
Suspense is achieved by unexpected twists and extremely competent storytelling . . .
credible and convincing * Spectator *
Tey's style and her knack for creating bizarre characters are
among the best in the field * New Yorker *
