'All his stories are amusing, intriguing, and he is a master of the final twist' - Agatha Christie'One of the most stunning trick stories in the history of detective fiction' - Julian SymonsGraham and Joan Bendix have apparently succeeded in making that eighth wonder of the modern world, a happy marriage. And into the middle of it there drops, like a clap of thunder, a box of chocolates.Joan Bendix is killed by a poisoned box of liqueur chocolates that cannot have been intended for her to eat. The police investigation rapidly reaches a dead end. Chief Inspector Moresby calls on Roger Sheringham and his Crimes Circle - six amateur but intrepid detectives - to consider the case. The evidence is laid before the Circle and the members take it in turn to offer a solution. Each is more convincing than the last, slowly filling in the pieces of the puzzle, until the dazzling conclusion.
- ISBN10 0862208203
- ISBN13 9780862208202
- Publish Date 4 December 1991 (first published 1 November 1980)
- Publish Status Out of Print
- Out of Print 5 June 2000
- Publish Country GB
- Publisher AudioGO Limited
- Imprint Black Dagger Crime
- Edition New edition
- Format Hardcover
- Pages 256
- Language English