Constable: London, 1990. First Edition. Original brown boards, lettered in gilt to spine.

One October evening five London couples gather for a dinner party, enjoying 'the pheasant (flambe in cognac as it is)' and waiting for the imminent arrival of the late-coming guest Hilda Damien, who has been unavoidably detained due to the fact that she is being murdered at that very moment.

Condition: Small wear to dust jacket top of spine. Clipped price on dust jacket. Missing first end page but binding is secure.