Envious Casca Author:Georgette Heyer Deadly Affair - Resigned to spending Christmas at Lexham Manor, Mathilda Clare wasn't sure what she dreaded most - the foul temper of Nat Herriard, the filthy-ric old Scrooge who owned the place, or the sweetness-and-light of his brother Joseph. For Joseph, in his optimism, had concocted a guest list brilliantly headed for mayhem. Among them, yo... more »ung Stephen, if anything, more acid-tongued than old Nat; his theatrical sister Paula, who had come to put the screws on Nat to pack a play for her; and Nat's sharp-dealing business partner, with a finger in some rather strange pies... "There'll be murder before we're through," Mathilda laughed. And she was absolutely right.« less