Author(s): Heyer, Georgette (Author) Binding: Paperback, Date of Publication: 07/09/2006, Pagination: 336 pages, ISBN13\EAN\SKU: 9780099493754, Description: Double the murder means double the stakes in Georgette Heyer’s classic crime story.Inspector Hemingway has his work cut out for him when a seemingly civilized card game ends in a double murder.The two crimes appear identical, but were they carried out by the same hand?When Timothy Harte’s young fiancé – a put-upon secretary and suspected gold digger – becomes the inspector’s prime suspect, Harte is determined to prove her innocence.But when he starts digging into her past, he finds it's more than a little bit shady...‘A fabulous, witty writer’Stephen Fry‘Georgette Heyer is second to none’Sunday Times‘A writer of great style’The Telegraph‘Heyer’s characters and dialogue are a delight’Dorothy L. Sayers
