'Mrs. Spender sets her murder in Sydney, in the home of "one of Sydney's oldest and most influential families," and she labors the point of the family's importance—financially, socially and traditionally. "One of the most influential men in this country . . . ttie friend of Cabinet Ministers and Government" is found murdered . . . "Socially, his back ground was impeccable. He was extremely wealthy and reputed to have a finger in many important pies." The police investigations, which the members of the old and influential family resent as a vulgar Intrusion on their privacy—in fact, the Inspector in the case says, "A murder in the Pelton home? It's almost lese majeste"—uncover a "filthy brew,' of which greed, black mail and treachery are the principal ingredients.'
Source:
'Latest Fiction', The Advertiser, 13 November 1948, p.6.
