The Earl of Burford can't believe his luck; Rex Ransom, his favourite star from the 'talkies', and his hot-shot producer, Haggermeir, want to film their next feature at Alderley, the family's seventeenth-century country estate. Somewhat less enthusiastic is the Countess, who suddenly finds herself hosting an impromptu house party for the incoming Hollywood crowd. It's almost too much for poor Merryweather, the family's imperturbable butler, to cope with. And that's before there's a murder in the dead of night - By morning Inspector Wilkins of the Westshire Constabulary is cast in the unlikely role of hero, as he tiptoes through the evidence and endeavours to unravel the slightly batty, thoroughly baffling mystery - and work out just what a mutilated mink coat has to do with anything.
- ISBN10 0749079533
- ISBN13 9780749079536
- Publish Date 23 February 2009 (first published 28 January 2008)
- Publish Status Out of Print
- Out of Print 12 July 2023
- Publish Country GB
- Imprint Allison & Busby
- Edition UK ed.
- Format Paperback
- Pages 352
- Language English