I wouldnt like to make you really angry, darling. You know, the only time I did you nearly scared me dead. I believe if you were really roused you might do something rather frightful. Lucas Dale, new owner of Kings Bourne, was flirting with danger when he showed his priceless collection of pearls to the guests assembled in his period salon. But when, under threat, he forced lovely Susan Lenox to break her engagement and consent to marry him, he started a train of events that inevitably led to murder, shattering the quiet of the English village. Bill Carrick, Susans former fianc, is the primary suspect, but as Inspector Ernest Lamb and Detective Frank Abbott soon discover, Dales questionable past offered motives of revenge and greed to darken the mystery. Motives which would lead another victim into the path of murder Who Pays the Piper?was first published in 1940. This new edition features an introduction by crime fiction historian Curtis Evans. When I pick up a book by Patricia Wentworth I think, now to enjoy myselfand I always do. Mary Dell, Daily Mirror

Binding: Paperback;228 pages; Publisher: Dean Street Press; Classification: N/A; Weight: 348.61 g; Dimensions: N/A

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