A clever mystery classic from one of Britain's greatest and most original crime writers, the author of The Daughter of Time

In 1920s London, the packed queue for the city's most popular musical comedy is growing impatient. When the theatre doors open at last and the crowd surges forward, a man falls to the ground, dead-silently stabbed with a stiletto. Who killed him before melting away unseen into the night?

As Inspector Alan Grant investigates, the mystery turns into a breathless manhunt leading from London all the way to the Scottish highlands and back, before at last a truth is revealed that shocks even the canny detective himself. This is an unforgettable classic from crime writing's golden age

"My favourite detective of all time" - Daily Express

"Josephine Tey has always been absolutely reliable in producing original and mysterious plots with interesting characters and unguessable endings" - Spectator

"As fresh and original as ever, 85 years on. Never one to tie herself to genre conventions, Tey builds on character and circumstances to create an enthralling cat-and-mouse hunt" - Daily Mail

"All the Tey magic... Superb!" - San Francisco Chronicle