Playwright and amateur detective Augustus Maltravers finds himself stranded in remote Cumbrian moorland when he seeks shelter from a storm at the sinister Gothic manor Carwelton Hall. The disappearance of a priceless family manuscript and a shocking murder soon draw him into a dangerous investigation. Robert Richardson has written two previous mystery stories featuring Augustus Maltravers, "Bellringer Street" and "The Latimer Mercy", which won the John Creasey Memorial Award.
- ISBN10 0575045000
- ISBN13 9780575045002
- Publish Date 13 April 1989 (first published 1 January 1989)
- Publish Status Out of Print
- Out of Print 15 January 1993
- Publish Country GB
- Imprint Gollancz
- Format Hardcover
- Pages 192
- Language English