The Mystery of the Peacock's Eye: An Anthony Bathurst Mystery
<p><em>“Anonymity is such a terribly strong position in which to entrench one’s self. To you I am Sheila Delaney – to me you are – an unknown quantity.”</em></p><p>At the Hunt Ball in Westhampton, Sheila Delaney dances the night away with a stranger – a man who wanted only to be known as Mr X. At the end of the evening, he departs as mysteriously as he appeared.</p><p>Months later, private investigator Anthony Bathurst is approached by the Crown Prince of Clorania over a nasty blackmail case.</p><p>At the same time a sea-side dentist finds that the girl he was treating has been found dead, apparently injected with cyanide.</p><p>The three events prove to be intimately related, and Anthony Bathurst and Chief Detective-Inspector Bannister find themselves on the trail of an exceptionally ruthless murderer.</p><p><em>The Mystery of the Peacock’s Eye</em> was originally published in 1928. This new edition includes an introduction by crime fiction historian Steve Barge.</p><p>“One of the ablest pieces of misdirection one could wish to meet” <em>Sutherland Scott</em></p>