London: Hodder & Stoughton, (1995) dj. Hardcover first edition - The author's second book, surprisingly hard to find as a first edition - a mystery rooted in the past when a woman discovers that her much loved great aunt had 60 years earlier been charged with the murder of her husband at a country house party in honor of her 30th birthday. The author was a British "diplomatic spouse" who hid her identity for many years. Her first novel won the CWA Creasey award for Best First Crime Novel of the Year. 212 pp. ISBN: 0-340640340.