"I think you\'re tempting fate when you say that you will never go back to Danesborough." Chloe laughed, suddenly, frankly. "When I pick up a book by Patricia Wentworth I think, now to enjoy myself--and I always do." Mary Dell, Daily Mirror.
This new edition features an introduction by crime fiction historian Curtis Evans.
The Black Cabinet was originally published in 1925.
They will stop at nothing, not even murder, to keep their secrets...
But Dane\'s big mistake was to have accomplices, and poor Chloe falls into their hands.
Cousin Dane whispers the combination to Chloe and straight away dies.
The capital - indiscreet letters which would make the likes of all sorts of distinguished English people - is kept secret in a safe behind a Black cabinet.
Young Chloe, poor but beautiful, is made heiress of her mysterious cousin who has made a tidy fortune in blackmailing. "It\'s a fate I don\'t mind tempting," she said, and dropped his arm.
Her eyes were Black again, and very bright. "I think you\'re tempting fate when you say that you will never go back to Danesborough." Chloe laughed, suddenly, frankly
