Riddle of a Lady Author:Anthony Gilbert When Mr. Crook first saw Stella Foster, he knew she was marked for trouble. Stella was irresistible to men, a woman who loved laughter and pleasure. A woman, in fact, exactly after Mr. Crook's heart. The next time he saw her, Stella was dead. murdered! Arthur Crook, London's genial and rascally criminal lawyer -- ‘My clients are ne... more »ver guilty’ -- pursues his unorthodox way through a maze of tangled and conflicting clues to solve a clever and brutal crime of passion.« less