Lights. Camera. Action!
The Earl of Burford can't believe his luck; the famous actor Rex
Ransom wants to film his next feature at Alderley, the family's
beautiful country estate. Somewhat less enthusiastic is the
Countess, who suddenly finds herself hosting an impromptu house
party for the incoming Hollywood crowd. It's almost too much for
poor Merryweather, the family's imperturbable butler, to cope with.
And that's before the murder in the dead of night
By morning, Inspector Wilkins is cast in the unlikely role of hero,
as he tiptoes through the evidence and endeavours to unravel the
thoroughly baffling mystery and work out just what a mutilated mink
coat has to do with anything.
James Anderson was born in Swindon but lived in or near to Cardiff
most of his life. He took a degree in History at the University of
Reading and worked as a salesman, copywriter and freelance journalist
before writing his first novel. He went on to have fourteen novels and
one play published before his death in 2007.
