Book description
Dany Ashton is invited to spend a holiday at her stepfather's house in
Zanzibar - the mysterious 'House of Shade', where Captain Rory Frost
buried a fortune in gold a hundred years before - but even before her
plane takes off there is a stolen passport, a midnight intruder, and a
murder.
And it isn't long before the air of gaiety and nonchalance that opens
the tropical house party fades into dawning terror, as Dany and the rest
of the house guests learn that one amongst them is determined to take
the hidden treasure - at any cost. M. M. Kaye was born in India and
spent most of her early childhood and much of her early married life
there. Her grandfather, father, brother and husband all served the Raj,
and her ties with India remained strong throughout her life. When the
country achieved independence her husband joined the British Army and
for the next nineteen years she lived in numerous locations around the
world, including Kenya, Zanzibar, Egypt, Cyprus and Germany. M. M. Kaye
is well known for her highly successful historical novels, The Far
Pavilions, Trade Wind and Shadow of the Moon. The Death In . . . series
led one American critic to suggest that 'M. M. Kaye outdoes Agatha
Christie in palming the ace'. All six titles are available from The
Murder Room.
