Four strangers arrive at the solicitors' office of Puckle, Puckle, and Nunnery. They have never met, and have no idea why they have been invited. But they - along with a missing man - are descendants of the late Algernon George Culver Mayton, the inventor of "Mayton's Marvellous Mixture" and each entitled to a portion of the Mayton Fortune. But before they can split the money, the missing man must be found.
They begin their search, but then Detective Sloan receives a call that one of the legatees had died following an attack of food poisoning. Now detectives Sloan and Crosby must determine whether the deceased merely ingested a noxious substance by accident, or if the legatees are being picked off one-by-one. And when matters of money and family rivalry are involved, there is almost certainly foul play afoot.
- ISBN10 0749024267
- ISBN13 9780749024260
- Publish Date 18 April 2019 (first published 16 April 2019)
- Publish Status Out of Print
- Out of Print 9 May 2021
- Publish Country GB
- Imprint Allison & Busby
- Format Hardcover
- Pages 320
- Language English