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Synopsis
Increasingly nasty practical jokes, culminating in murder, upset the routine of Buckingham Palace and provoke King Victor II, M.D., his Spanish-born queen, the vegetarian Prince of Wales, and lovely Princess Louise to beware the royal family skeletons
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“Wry, witty, irresistible.” —Financial Times
“[Dickinson] outdoes himself this time. . . . A most unusual and original mystery.” —Publishers Weekly
“[Dickinson] has written a mystery story with an unusual detective, and with logical, well worked-out development. The result is typical Dickinson—sensitive, different, yet within the conventions of the genre.” —The New York Times Book Review
“Triumphantly touching, with genuinely interesting characters . . . exceptional.” —Newsweek
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'Peter Dickinson is a delight to read' Times Literary Supplement
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- PublisherHodder & Stoughton Ltd
- Publication date1976
- ISBN 10 0340207000
- ISBN 13 9780340207000
- BindingHardcover
- Edition number1
- Number of pages192
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