Penguin 1st edition, published 1954.
Sir Rudri Hopkinson, an eccentric amateur archaeologist, is determined to recreate ancient rituals at the temple of Eleusis in Greece in the hope of summoning the goddess Demeter. He gathers together a motley collection of people to assist in the experiment, including a rival scholar, a handsome but cruel photographer and a trio of mischievous children. But when one of the group disappears, and a severed head turns up in a box of snakes, the superlative detective and psychoanalyst Mrs Bradley is called upon to investigate...
Condition grading: Good. Crease to top right corner of front cover. Wear to spine ends. Light marks to top of rear cover. Crease to bottom left corner of rear cover. Binding tight. The photographs form part of the description.
Penguin 1st edition, published 1954.
Sir Rudri Hopkinson, an eccentric amateur archaeologist, is determined to recreate ancient rituals at the temple of Eleusis in Greece in the hope of summoning the goddess Demeter. He gathers together a motley collection of people to assist in the experiment, including a rival scholar, a handsome but cruel photographer and a trio of mischievous children. But when one of the group disappears, and a severed head turns up in a box of snakes, the superlative detective and psychoanalyst Mrs Bradley is called upon to investigate...
Condition grading: Good. Crease to top right corner of front cover. Wear to spine ends. Light marks to top of rear cover. Crease to bottom left corner of rear cover. Binding tight. The photographs form part of the description.
