Penguin Main Series 1934. 1st edition, published 1963.
When Sir Peregrine Piers decided to open his stately home to the public, Regency Rakes Ltd was formed to promote it. Spectacular stunts were planned: a regency rout and hunting supper, and a midnight steeplechase. Nathaniel Goss, magazine publisher and amateur detective, took a lively interest in Regency Rakes, the more so as he had recently joined a shooting syndicate whose terrain bordered on Sir Peregrine's land.
The syndicate is composed of some oddly-assorted characters, among them the odious Dyson and the gruff Blaze, and headed by the immaculate Archie Crumbe-Howard. Dyson meets a sticky end in a particularly nasty shooting accident - or was it design? Domestic strife becomes rife, the keeper's unmarried daughter is alleged to be pregnant, and a suspicion piles upon suspicion….a startling climax is reached at the midnight steeplechase.
Condition grading: Good Minus. Some wear and creasing to spine. Very light creases to both covers. Binding tight. The photographs form part of the description.
Penguin Main Series 1934. 1st edition, published 1963.
When Sir Peregrine Piers decided to open his stately home to the public, Regency Rakes Ltd was formed to promote it. Spectacular stunts were planned: a regency rout and hunting supper, and a midnight steeplechase. Nathaniel Goss, magazine publisher and amateur detective, took a lively interest in Regency Rakes, the more so as he had recently joined a shooting syndicate whose terrain bordered on Sir Peregrine's land.
The syndicate is composed of some oddly-assorted characters, among them the odious Dyson and the gruff Blaze, and headed by the immaculate Archie Crumbe-Howard. Dyson meets a sticky end in a particularly nasty shooting accident - or was it design? Domestic strife becomes rife, the keeper's unmarried daughter is alleged to be pregnant, and a suspicion piles upon suspicion….a startling climax is reached at the midnight steeplechase.
Condition grading: Good Minus. Some wear and creasing to spine. Very light creases to both covers. Binding tight. The photographs form part of the description.
