The Open House(1972)

Michael Innes

When his car breaks down on a deserted road, Sir John Appleby wanders up a drive in search of help. Suddenly, a palatial residence appears before him, its every window blazing. In the dining room, candles are lit, champagne is on ice, and dinner is waiting. But not a sound is heard. Anywhere.

Appleby, retired chief of Scotland Yard, is about to embark on one of his strangest adventures ever. In his usual urbane manner Sir John confronts an absent-minded professor, a mysterious lady in white, South American conspirators, several murderers...and their victims.