The Palace Guard Author:Charlotte MacLeod Still has the paper jacket on it, however it is worn and one small tear at the bottom. Inside the front cover it is partially split from the toward the bottom of the spine. However, all the pages are still attached to the spine. — Sarah knows she shouldn?t be here. The Kellings never did get invited back after that unfortunate incident when mad... more »am Wilkins first opened her palatial museum to boston?s most critically outspoken Brahmins. But things have been quiet at Sarah?s elegand Beacon hill boardinghouse lately. Nobody?s been murdered in months. Lodger Max Bittersohn has free passes to today?s concert and he?s one man she finds hard to turn down. So here stand Sarah and Max on the palace?s second-floor balcony, admiring the flower-filled courtyard below and trying not to show their relieve that impresario Nick Fieringer?s latest musical fiasco is over. A peacock screams. A dark something falls past them from the floor above. Serenity turns to pandemonium as the oldest guard sprawls dead among the hyacinths.« less