London: Oriel / Orion, London, (1999). First edition - The author's first crime novel issued only as a paperback original. "Nominated for the Crime Writers' Association Ellis Peters Historical Dagger Award They lie, three elderly recluses shot to death, in a musty 1950s London town house crammed with hoarded belongings. When the death scene yields no clues, the police conclude that one of the victims shot the others before committing suicide. But which one? And why?" 278 pp. ISBN: 0-752824678.