<p/><br></br><p><b> About the Book </b></p></br></br>A golden age mystery novel, first published in 1931.<p/><br></br><p><b> Book Synopsis </b></p></br></br><p><em>"How would you like to die for your country?" asked Benbow Smith languidly.</em></p> <p>Now that Marian has broken their engagement, Lindsay Trevor finds danger welcome, even though it means dyeing his hair red and impersonating his cousin Froth as Restow's secretary.</p> <p>Who is this Restow, huge, good-natured - is he fabulously rich or desperately poor? Is he the mysterious Vulture, that master of deceit and manipulation? And there is Restow's wife, the big, tempestuous snake-charmer Gloria; Dalton, the lean, black, spider-like librarian, and Elsie Manning, Froth's friend, who is afraid - of what? When Marian comes back into his life most unexpectedly, Lindsay enters a desperate struggle against the Vulture, with Marian's life at stake.</p> <p><em>Danger Calling</em> was originally published in 1931, and was the second novel to feature the series character of Benbow Smith. This new edition features an introduction by crime fiction historian Curtis Evans.</p> <p>"When I pick up a book by Patricia Wentworth I think, now to enjoy myself - and I always do." Mary Dell, <em>Daily Mirror</em></p>
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