'The most interesting of the great female writers of the Golden Age. This disarmingly low-key tale of a mysterious disappearance is the perfect introduction to her world' VAL MCDERMID

'The definition of a classic, a real cut above. It hasn't aged a day' JOSEPH KNOX

When Hollywood-star photographer Leslie Searle is found dead in a remote English village, gifted inspector Alan Grant is immediately called to investigate what appears to be a mysterious passing. But what would bring such a successful individual to the village? And was his death really an accident or suicide, or did something eerie occur at the hands of an unsuspected killer?

'Will leave you desperate to re-read' SARAH HILARY

'Worth reading for its ingenious denouement'TIMES LITERARY SUPPLEMENT