295 pages :maps ;22 cm.
"The ninth novel in the Josephine Tey series"--Dust jacket flap.
"December 1938, and storm clouds hover once again over Europe. Josephine Tey and Archie Penrose gather with friends for a Cornish Christmas, but two strange and brutal deaths on St. Michael's Mount--and the unexpected arrival of a world famous film star, in need of sanctuary--interrupt the festivities. Cut off by the sea and a relentless blizzard, the hunt for a murderer begins"--Provided by publisher.
1.Tey, Josephine,--1896 or 1897-1952--Fiction.1.Blizzards--Fiction.2.Family secrets--Fiction.3.Islands--England--Saint Michael's Mount (Island)--Fiction.4.Motion picture actors and actresses--Fiction.5.Murder--Investigation--Fiction.6.Police--England--London--Fiction.7.Wife abuse--Fiction.8.Women novelists--Fiction.Dynamic Details