The newly formed Ministry of Fine Arts has a staffing problem - one minister dead within six months of its inception, his successor snuffed out shortly before the General Election. When a third victim, Permanent Secretary Edwin Pompfret is fatally crushed by the fall of a giant bust, Inspector Julian Rivers is drawn into a case of murder of artistic devilment.
"Her best yet. A classic story with well concealed and ingenious clues, sufficiently difficult to leave us properly surprised by both murderer and method." Spectator, 1953
- ISBN13 9780712355179
- Publish Date 10 January 2025
- Publish Status Forthcoming
- Publish Country GB
- Imprint British Library Publishing
- Format Paperback (B-Format (198x129 mm))
- Pages 256
- Language English