Publisher's Synopsis
1: MURDER IN BLACK - Émile Cairo revisits some of the unsolved cases from his past and whilst attending a birthday party at the Gössen residence, he meets up with an old adversary, Raymond Black.2: THE CASE OF THE MISSING SCROLLS - hired by Professor Arbourthorne to search for a missing colleague, Émile Cairo is soon drawn in to the mystery of Egyptian scrolls taken from the tomb of Tutankhamen before its official opening; the contents of which has the capacity to change world history.3: THE NINE MUSES OF APOLLO - after being invited to an exclusive opening to an exhibition at the Victoria & Albert Arts Museum to view the bronze collection of Mertz Colmar, one of the pieces is discovered to be a fake! The chase is on to find the original.4: THE DANCE OF THE HARLEQUIN - continuing the search for the Nine Muses of Apollo, the case takes Émile Cairo back to France and the hunt for an ex-Nazi war criminal, aided by the mysterious and enigmatic Black Harlequin.5: HAUNTING AT MONKSHOOD MANOR - invited to spend Christmas at Corfe House, known by locals as Monkshood Manor; Émile Cairo quickly is inevitably drawn into the the family's ominous past; the collapse of a gold mine in Africa, the deaths of a young girl, her mother and the impending danger to the life of the current owner, Lady Mathilda Bowens-Fogilby.
