Death in a Domino

Roland Pertwee

Crime novel by Pertwee (father of Jon) and noted screenwriter John Hastings Turner. Originally published in four parts in the London Evening News and then as a novel in 1932. The Murder Game is about to begin. The house guests have all pulled their names from the bowl, donned black domino capes, and the "murderer" and "victim" have been chosen. Their names are a secret, of course. Then the lights are shut off... and the game begins. Shots ring out, there is much confusion, but it is all part of the game. Then the lights come up-and the master of the house, Lord Studholme, is found shot in the head, an apparent suicide. But this is no suicide... it is murder! The guests include Petal, Studholme's daughter, and her new fiancé, Guy Kennion; Princess Amelia; the writer Adrian Chiddiatt and his wife Anna; General Piddinghoe, Studholme's father-in-law; and Joan and her father,...