About This Book
The English country house known as 'The Aumbry' was intensely picturesque. Set amongst woods and with views of the Yorkshire Dales, it had been the family seat of the Gilders family for over two centuries. By 1926 however, it is in the hands of Argentinian widow, Senora Carmen Alvez. Half the mansion is closed-off and running on a skeleton staff. The tall and elegant butler, Julius Hogan, is its linchpin. But the vivacious senora seems on strangely personal terms with her staff. When she invites her new friend, wealthy heiress Miss Peggy Heggins, to her country home, dead bodies begin to pile up and Chief Inspector Hoe of Scotland Yard descends to investigate maleficence most foul.