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"Miss Heyer's people act and consult with an ease and confidence that's as relaxing because it is unusual in the standard thriller book." -Times Literary Supplement "The characters are,one of the most credible and intricate characters she's made." -Boston Evening Transcript A family tyrant whose homicide has surprising and far-reaching effects, Disliked for his bad and terrible character, however ruling his family by having an iron hand from his sickbed, tyrannical patriarch Adam Penhallow is located killed your day before his birthday. His whole family had constructed for his special birthday, and all of them had the ways and way to make the offense. As mistrust and accusation submit one way, then another, the back-stabbing and paws emerge, and no one is exempt in the coming implosion. What visitors say: "The mindset of the suspects was intriguing." "A remarkable written piece, deeper than Heyer's different secrets." Georgette Heyer published over fifty books, including historical fiction, mysteries, and Regency romances.