Revengeful Death Author:Jennie Melville In the recently abandoned home of her neighbour, Alice Hardy, Mary discovers a horrific scene -- a young boy cowering in a cupboard and the body of a young man, stabbed to death, his face painted red, white and blue and his thymus gland expertly cut from his chest. — The thymus gland is known in some animals as the sweetbread, an edible delicacy ... more »-- and Mary receives a note that claims this murder is just a taster.
In yet another unusual, darkly sinister mystery, policewoman Charmian Daniels seeks to uncover the truth while the killer has more work to do.« less