Another classic Ngaio Marsh novel reissued in B-format.
The poison was cyanide, slipped into the sacred wine of ecstasy just before it was presented to Miss Cara Quayne at the House of the Sacred Flame.
The victim was a deeply religious initiate who had trained for a month for her last ceremony. She was also a very beautiful woman…
The suspects were the other initiates and the High Priest. All claimed they were above earthly passions. But Cara Quayne had provoked lust, jealousy - and murder.
Roderick Alleyn suspected that more evil still lurked behind the Sign of the Sacred Flame…
| ISBN: | 9780006512547 |
| Publication date: | 3rd December 2001 |
| Author: | Ngaio Marsh |
| Publisher: | HarperCollinsPublishers an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Pagination: | 256 pages |
| Genres: |
Classic fiction: general and literary Classic crime and mystery fiction |