"In that house everyone hates him. I've tried to persuade him not to go, but he will."
Danvers Carne has always found it easy to win devoted admirers and deadly enemies with seemingly equal ease. But a planned trip to Marpen Hall for a house party at which every guest has good reason to wish him dead leads his wife to seek the help of noted psychologist Doctor Jerrold. But when Carne dies in a hunting accident, Jerrold makes an appeal of his own - to his old friend Simon Brade, connoisseur of Chinese antiques and talented amateur detective. Was Carne's death more than mere accident? And what is the significance of the missing string gloves?
Originally published in 1936 this is a vintage murder mystery from the golden age of crime fiction, and the first to feature Harriette R. Campbell's crime-solving connoisseur, Simon Brade!