The Annulet of Gilt - Asey Mayo, Bk 12 Author:Phoebe Atwood Taylor "Asey, what is an annulet?" — This innocent question would soon lead to further a not-so-innocent questions. For starters, how did Asey's hat wind up in the beach with a bullet hole through it? Who tied up Cousin Syl's wife and threw her in the closet? Who was discourteous enough to strangle much-married Vivian Garth wi... more »th someone else's belt? And who could predict that before this was ended, Asey would be tricked several times over, decoyed, robbed, and baffled by an elephant?