Tanis Lyle is used to conquering men and driving them mad with just a look. But the habit of changing admirers like gloves once required payment… in her own life. The police investigating Tanis’s murder are interested in only one thing: how to find the culprit among a multitude of suspects—women thirsting for revenge who were left behind, and suitors driven insane by jealousy? However, Maud Silver can’t stop thinking about one small detail…
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In the novel “The Chinese Shawl,” the relationships of women living in a wealthy estate are brought to the limit, because the estate is being sold. Their conflict leads to the murder of a girl. The crime is investigated by Inspector March with the help of an elderly lady, Miss Silver.