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**With “a touch of genius,” this round-robin mystery follow-up to *The Floating Admiral *features famous detectives including Lord Peter Wimsey*(The Times Literary Supplement).*** Following the success of *The Floating Admiral,* in which certain members of the Detection Club—including Agatha Christie, Dorothy L. Sayers, and G. K. Chesterton—collaborated on a whodunit, six writers pooled their talents to create another co-authored mystery. This time the premise had an added twist: authors would swap their detective characters, allowing for some extremely entertaining parodies of one another’s sleuths. When a ruthless British newspaper tycoon is shot dead in his home, the high-level suspects include the assistant commissioner of Scotland Yard, casting doubt on the impartiality of a formal police investigation. As a solution, the home secretary brings in four brilliant detectives to solve the murder: Mrs. Bradley, Sir John Saumarez, Lord Peter Wimsey, and Roger Sheringham. Featuring a preface by inaugural Detection Club member Agatha Christie, this playful tour de force gathers together half a dozen Golden Age Mystery masters! 1 *Death at Hursley Lodge* by John Rhode 2 *Mrs. Bradley’s Dilemma* by Helen de Guerry Simpson 3 *Sir John Takes his Cue* by Gladys Mitchell 4 *Lord Peter’s Privy Counsel* by Anthony Berkeley 5 *The Conclusions of Mr. Roger Sheringham* by Dorothy L. Sayers 6 *"If you want to know"* by Milward Kennedy