<p>The superlatively analytical Inspector Hemingway is confronted by a murder that seems impossible?no one was near the murder weapon at the time the shot was fired. Everyone on the scene seems to have a motive, not to mention the wherewithal to commit murder, and alibis that simply don't hold up. The inspector is sorely tried by a wide variety of suspects, including the neglected widow, the neighbor who's in love with her, her resentful daughter, and a patently phony Russian prince preying on the widow's emotional vulnerability and social aspirations. And then there's the blackmail plot that may?or may not?be at the heart of the case?</p> <p><u>PRAISE FOR GEORGETTE HEYER: </u></p> <p><em>"Our Georgette Heyer display of the Sourcebooks reprints has been a huge success, not only to those early fans like myself, but to many new readers who appreciate her style and wit."</em><br /> <strong>Nancy Olson, Quail Ridge Books, Raleigh, NC</strong></p> <p><em>"Reading Georgette Heyer is the next best thing to reading Jane Austen."</em><br /> <strong>Publishers Weekly</strong></p> <p><em>"Wonderful characters, elegant, witty writing, perfect period detail, and rapturously romantic. Georgette Heyer achieves what the rest of us only aspire to."</em> <br /> <strong>Katie Fforde </strong></p>