Publisher's Synopsis
CLASSIC CRIME.THE SETTING IS SOHO DURING THE SECOND WORLD WAR. AN AIR RAID TURNS UP A COFFIN-LIKE BOX. THOUGH THE BODY INSIDE HAS BEEN DEAD FOR TWO OR THREE YEARS, TRACES OF ARSENIC POINT TO MURDER. ONCE MORE, GLADYS MITCHELL'S FAMOUS AND WEIRD DETECTIVE, HOME OFFICE PSYCHIATRIC CONSULTANT MRS BEATRICE ADELA LESTRANGE BRADLEY - OF THE HORRID LEER, CACKE AND CLAWLIKE HAND - IS CALLED UPON TO SOLVE THE CRIME IN HER OWN INIMITABLE WAY. USING FREUDIAN ANALYSIS LITERARY ALLUSION, WORD ASSOCITION AND HER KNOWLEDGE OF THE SUPER- NATURAL AMONGST OTHER TECHNIQUES, SHE INTERVIEWS THE HAPLESS SUSPECTS WITH AMORAL DETACHMENT AND AN AIR OF CONTEMPT. 8/2/88-OFFSET MJ: A: 10000 @ $2.99: 192PP: UC=36P: MAX.
