Physical description

282 p. : green cover, title and author's name printed in black on spine. Section of original dust jacket pasted to back cover.

Publication type

fiction

Inscriptions & markings

Book plate and stamps indicating book was previously in another collection: "Ballaarat Mechanics' Institute Circulating Library"; "Ballarat Mechanics' Institute".

Summary

Crime fiction set in Thailand. Rose Temple, housekeeping for her brother Tony in Bangkok, and generally living the high life with a group of neighbours and friends, assists in the investigation of the murder of her friend Ruby Smith. She finds herself attracted to the chief investigating officer, Captain Pierce.