Thames Valley Detective Superintendent Mike Yeadings investigates the murder of local shopkeeper Leila Knightley, a conservative woman whose body was found clad in a carnival costume, complete with a large bird's-head feathered mask.
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"Hadrian Bascombe, eccentric bachelor recluse, has summoned the remaining members of his family to announce his imminent death. Drawn by varying amounts of greed and curiosity, they assemble to learn that his considerable fortune is to pass to a single beneficiary he will choose ...
Sergeant Rosemary Zyczynski is uneasy about her new fellow tenants, but rivalry between her and another sergeant for a promotion lets her forget her apprehension until a tenant is murdered.
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