"Previously published as Envious Casca in 1941 in Great Britain by Hodder & Stoughton, London."

"A colorful assortment of guests at a festive holiday house party discover there is a killer in their midst when their universally reviled host is found dead--in a room locked from the inside. For Inspector Hemingway of Scotland Yard, the investigation is complicated by the fact that every guest is hiding something, throwing all their testimony into question and casting suspicion far and wide. The clever and daring crime will mystify readers, yet the answer in plain sight all along..."--Page [4] of cover.