When a counterfeit currency racket comes to light on the French Riviera Detective Inspector Meredith is sent speeding southwards
- out of the London murk to the warmth & glitter of the Mediterranean Along with Inspector Blampignon
- an amiable policeman from Nice
- Meredith must trace the whereabouts of Chalky Cobbett crook & forger Soon their interest centres on the Villa Paloma the residence of Nesta Hedderwick an eccentric Englishwoman & her bohemian house guests
- among them her niece an artist & a playboy Before long it becomes evident that more than one of the occupants of the Villa Paloma has something to hide & the stage is set for murder This classic crime novel from 1952 evokes all the sunlit glamour of life on the Riviera & combines deft plotting with a dash of humour This is the first edition to have been published in more than sixty years & follows the rediscovery of Bude's long-neglected detective writing by the British Library