Publication: Victor Gollancz Ltd, 1989, London
First edition. Signed and dated in the year of publication by the author on the title page. As new, unread copy, in dust jacket. Augustus Maltravers is stranded at the home of the wealthy bibliophile Charles Carrington. Carrington promises to show Maltravers his greatest literary treasure, an unpublished Sherlock Holmes story, but is murdered by one of his dinner guests. Who is the murderer and how does the Holmes manuscript enter the plot?
Inventory Number: 45436