Temptress

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In Kenyas Happy Valley no one paid too much attention to the privileged colonial set as they farmed their estates partied until dawn & indulged in extra-marital affairs. Not until Josslyn Hay Earl of Erroll was shot dead at the wheel of his Buick in the early hours of 24 January 1941. Some said the good-looking womaniser had it coming. He was a philanderer who could have had any number of enemies who wanted revenge. Ageing Jock Delves Broughton stood trial for Errolls murder but was acquitted & the mystery remained unsolved
- until now. American heiress Alice de Janze had been conducting a clandestine affair with Joss for years. Married into French aristocracy her stunning beauty was to prove a fatal lure to men of adventure. Previously tried by a French court for shooting one of her lovers scandal followed her wherever she went. She arrived in Kenya as a newly married Countess in the 1920s but by 1941 she had turned forty & the years of partying had taken their toll. Pushed aside by Erroll for younger lovers Alice was thrown into desperation resulting in Errols murder & her own tragic demise. The Temptress not only solves the mystery of Josslyn Hays murder with the utmost conviction
- it eloquently paints a portrait of a volatile captivating woman.