

and the only one who can! Anne's journey to unravel the mystery takes her as far afield as Africa and the tension mounts with every step.

What are they looking for? Why should they want her dead? Lovely Anne is the last person on earth suited to solve this mystery. And now, aboard the luxury liner Kilmorden Castle, mysterious strangers pillage her cabin and try to strangle her. A fabulous fortune in diamonds has vanished. The next day the newspapers report that a beautiful ballet dancer has been found dead there- brutally strangled. Anne picks up the note, which reads "17.1 22 Kilmorden Castle". A doctor examines the man, pronounces him dead, and leaves, dropping a note on his way. But she stumbles upon more than she bargained for! Anne is on the platform at Hyde Park Corner tube station when a man falls onto the live track, dying instantly. Newly-orphaned Anne Beddingfeld is a nice English girl looking for a bit of adventure in London.
