In 1890 twelve guests gather at Desborough Hall for a week's shooting
party hosted by the beautiful Lady Amelia Hammond. Months of planning
have left nothing to chance, for the main guests are the Prince and
Princess of Wales. But events take a sinister turn when the vivacious
Queenie Chimes collapses face down in the chef's lovingly created
bombe-glacée. More deaths follow and clues planted on the bodies point
shockingly to a final tally of seven, one for each day of the week.
Bertie is impelled to investigate.
Written in the tradition of the 'golden age' detective story, the book
was intended as a homage to Agatha Christie in the year of her
centenary.