Publisher's Synopsis
"John Dickson Carr gives full measure in deception, atmosphere, romance and historical spookiness." - THE CHICAGO TRIBUNE "Dr. Gideon Fell remains one of the detective genre's most gifted and entertaining detectives." - SATURDAY REVIEW When Dr Gideon Fell, that most eminent of eccentric sleuths, finds himself at a party whose guests are in a state of deep agitation, all the faculties of his detective genius are called into play. Why is the host of the party - Henry Maynard, a Southern aristocrat - so cryptic about the strange goings-on in the stately mansion? And how is the theft of the scarecrow linked to a diabolical and ingenious murder? Fell's cunning proceeds to uncover the dastardly motives to the deeds that have been taking place in the dark of the moon.
