Many Deadly Returns (A Rinehart Suspense Novel) (Hardcover)
by Patricia Moyes (Author)

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It is with serious misgivings that Detective Chief Superintendent Henry Tibbett and his wife Emmy planned a weekend at "Foxes Trot," the country estate of Lady Crystal Balaclava, famous in the nineteen-thrities for her sybaritic socials. But Lady Balaclava is now rising seventy, and for reasons known only to herself and the Quija board she frequently consults, feels her life is in imminent danger. Hence the Tibbetts' weekend visit to "Foxes' Trot" where, on Lady Balaclava's birthday, Henry watches her receive presents fro her three daughters--a large cake especially baked in Switzerland, a case of French champagne, and a handsome bouquet of roses. Seconds later, before his amazed eyes, Lady Balaclava gasps, clutchess her throat, and collapses, dead of an apparent heart attack. Here, with her usual deft touch, Patricia Moyes offers her best puzzle yet, an amazing and amusing intrigue that will surely cpativate all Henry Tibbet fans.