Stokes) home, 235 Covington Way, Streatham, London, on 13 February 1952.
She died of cancer of the liver at her sister Mary's [Mrs. Her last work, The Singing Sands was found among her papers after her death and was published posthumously. Among her other works are a number of short plays written for broadcasting, and a biography, Claverhouse (1937). Her second last work, The Privateer (1952), was a romantic novel based on the life of the buccaneer Henry Morgan. Her death was especially cruel since it occurred at a time when she was entering on a time of personal freedom. With the wit and guile that have made Inspector Grant a favorite of mystery fans, the inspector sets about discovering just how a murder occurred among so many witnesses, none of whom saw a thing.During the last year of her life, when she knew that she was mortally ill, she resolutely avoided all her friends. Thinking he had fainted, a spectator moved to help, but recoiled in horror from what lay before him: the man in the queue had a small silver dagger neatly plunged into his back.
But one man, his head sunk down upon his chest, slowly sank to his knees and then, still more slowly, keeled over on his face.
Suddenly, the line began to move, forming a wedge before the open doors as hopeful theatergoers nudged their way forward. London’s favorite musical comedy of the past two years was finishing its run at the end of the week. Inspector Alan Grant searches for the identity of a man killed in the line at a theater and for the identity of the killer-whom no one saw.Ī long line had formed for the standing-room-only section of the Woffington Theatre. ⚠️ This book will unfortunately be removed from the service on the 14th of May.
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