When an old man is found dead at the foot of the staircase in his rambling old house, a hint of murder and the lure of hidden treasure draw Gently into the case.
Gently has plenty of suspects for the old man's murder. A warehouse watchman across the street misses nothing that goes on at the house, but can shed no light on the murderer. A local antiques dealer knows a suspicious amount about the house and a good deal more about the treasure that is thought to be hidden within its walls.
When the murderer strikes again, Gently has a high profile case on his hands and faces a night of sheer terror alone in a house whose secret has claimed at least two lives . . .
- ISBN10 0304935042
- ISBN13 9780304935048
- Publish Date 19 February 1970
- Publish Status Out of Print
- Out of Print 17 October 2003
- Publish Country GB
- Publisher Octopus Publishing Group
- Imprint Cassell
- Format Hardcover
- Pages 192
- Language English