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Written by Barbara Mertz writing as Elizabeth Peters - Audio book performed by Grace Conlin - Unabridged Fiction - 5 CASSETTES

Publisher, Blackstone Audio Books (February 1995)

When attractive American Jacqueline Kirby is invited to an English country mansion for a weekend costume affair, she expects only one mystery. Since the hosts and guests are all fanatic devotees of King Richard III, they hope to clear his name of the 500-year-old accusation that he killed the little princes in the Tower of London.

Jacqueline is amused at the group’s eccentricities until history begins to repeat itself. A dangerous practical joker recreates famous fifteenth-century murder methods—beheading, poisoning, smothering, and even drowning in a butt of malmsey. As the jokes become more and more macabre, one at last proves fatal. Jacqueline puts all her observations together for a dazzling solution that will surprise even the most attentive listener.

About the Author: Elizabeth Peters was born and brought up in Illinois, and earned her Ph.D. in Egyptology from the University of Chicago's famed Oriental Institute. An Agatha Award winning author, Ms. Peters was named Grandmaster in the inaugural Anthony Awards in 1986. In 1990 she was awarded an honorary Doctor of Humane Letters by Hood College. A frequent lecturer at museums and libraries, she lives in an historic farmhouse in Frederick, Maryland, with six cats and two dogs.