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Death in Zanzibar
First published 1959
Eighteen-year-old Dany Ashton is travelling to Zanzibar for a house party at her stepfather’s inherited home, the House of Shade. Before she even leaves London, a stolen passport and a murder place her under suspicion, while the unreliable but resourceful Lash Holden becomes an unexpected ally.
In Zanzibar, another death, political intrigue and the legend of Captain Rory Frost’s buried gold transform the gathering into a dangerous search for motive as well as treasure. Family histories and colonial connections complicate the investigation, and Dany cannot be certain which of the people around her are pursuing the supposed fortune and which are hiding something more serious. She must separate the treasure story from the murders before the killer uses the confusion surrounding the house to strike again.
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