Ann P. reviewed on 4/11/2006 + 68 more book reviews

Polly Praed's visit to Ashdown Dean lands her in the police station, where she is questioned about a corpse that fell out of a phone booth at her feet. Now Polly's calling for Melrose Plant and Richard Jury to help her deal with the local authorities. And as long as they're in town, perhaps the detecting duo can find her missing cat, one of several pets recently gone missing in Ashdown Dean. For Plant and Jury, it doesn't take a leap in logic to suspect the animal-testing laboratory at the edge of town. But it does take a local pub called the Deer Leap to lead them to a chilling old crime - and a brand-new way to die.... (from back cover)

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