Death and the Dancing Footman

This tale of murder at a snowed-in country house is a “constant puzzle to the end . . . alive with wit” (The New York Times).

The unspeakably wealthy (and generally unspeakable) Jonathan Royal has decided to throw a party and, just for fun, has studded the guest list with people who loathe one another. When a blizzard imprisons them all in Royal’s country house, murder ensues, and there are nearly...