TY - BOOK AU - Berkeley,Anthony AU - Medawar,Tony TI - The Wintringham mystery SN - 9780008470104 U1 - 823.912 23 PY - 2021/// CY - London PB - Collins Crime Club KW - Detective and mystery stories KW - Suspense fiction KW - Classical fiction KW - FICTION / Mystery & Detective / Traditional KW - bisacsh KW - FICTION / Thrillers / Crime KW - FICTION / Mystery & Detective / Cozy / General KW - FICTION / Mystery & Detective / Amateur Sleuth KW - Fiction and related items / Crime and mystery KW - bicssc KW - Household employees KW - England KW - Fiction KW - Country homes KW - Disappeared persons KW - Criminal investigation KW - fast KW - Berkshire (England) KW - Berkshire N2 - "Stephen Munro, a demobbed army officer, takes a job as a footman to make ends meet. Employed at Wintringham Hall, the decaying country residence of Lady Susan Carey, his first task entails welcoming her eccentric guests to a weekend house-party, where her bombastic nephew decides that an after-dinner seance would be more entertaining than bridge. The lights go out - and Cicely disappears! With Lady Susan reluctant to call the police about this childish prank, Stephen and the plucky Pauline Mainwaring take it upon themselves to investigate. But then a suspicious death turns the game into an altogether more serious affair..." -- Back cover ER -