A macabre surprise awaits beneath the snow... All is warm and bright for the Christmas Eve
gathering at the manor. Yet as the clock nears midnight the evening takes a disturbing turn
when the family cat begins to dash its head against the walls. Could the cat be possessed and
the manor haunted? Or was foul play involved? Weeks later when the thawing snow reveals an
even more sinister sight it becomes clear that someone is up to no good - but who? Luckily
Nigel Strangeways one of fiction's most delightful private investigators is on hand to charm
the eccentrics outwit the police and unravel this murderous mystery. 'A master of detective
fiction' Daily Telegraph
