Envious Casca Author:Georgette Heyer Resigned to spending Christmas at Lexham Manor, Mathilda Clare wasn't sure what she dreaded most - the foul temper of Nat Herriard, the filthy-rich 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 - young Stephen, ... more »if anything, more acid-tongued than old Nat, his theatrical sister Paula, who had come to put screws on Nat to back a play for her; and Nat's sharp-dealing busines partner, with a finger in soem rather strange pies...
"There'll be murder before we're through," Mathilda laughed. And she was absolutely right.« less