The wealthy old woman was dead-a trifle sooner than expected. The intricate trail of horror and senseless murder led from a beautiful Hampshire village to a fashionable london flat and a deliberate test of amour-staged by the debonair sleuth Lord Peter Wimsey.

"A Lord Peter Wimsey Mystery"--Cover. "A hardcover edition of this book was published in 1927 by Harper & Row, Publishers, Inc."--T.p. verso. Previously published in England under the title The Dawson Pedigree.