The Warrielaw Jewel

The Warrielaw Jewel

<p><i>‘Listen! I see I’d better take you into my confidence.’</i></p><p><i>‘I’d rather you didn’t,’ I said.</i></p><p>Betty Morrison, a lawyer’s wife, is flung into the society of an ancient Edinburgh family, the Warrielaws. There’s Neil the Rip, Cora the Siren, Rhoda the Business Woman, and Alison the little Beauty – not to mention the formidable, elderly Jessica and her meek sister Mary. The family all possess unusual gold-green eyes – and harbour a precious and historic jewel, a bauble under constant threat of theft. The alarmed Betty will become a crucial witness in a case that includes mysterious disappearances of gems <i>and</i> people, as well as wholesale murder.</p><p><i>The Warrielaw Jewel</i> was originally published in 1933. This new edition features an introduction by crime fiction historian Martin Edwards.</p>