One of Ngaio Marsh's most popular novels, this time featuring one of her best creations - Lucy Lockett, the crime-solving cat.
When the exuberant president of Ng'ombwana proposes to dispense with the usual security arrangements on an official visit to London, his old school mate, Chief Superintendent Alleyn, is called in to persuade him otherwise.
Consequently, on the night of the embassy's reception the house and grounds are stiff with police. Nevertheless, an assassin does strike, and Alleyn finds he has no shortage of help, from Special Branch to a tribal court - and a small black cat named Lucy Lockett who out-detects them all...
- ISBN10 0515076279
- ISBN13 9780515076271
- Publish Date 1 June 1984 (first published 1 April 1974)
- Publish Status Out of Print
- Out of Print 22 December 2022
- Publish Country US
- Imprint Jove Books
- Format Paperback (US Mass Market)
- Pages 223
- Language English