In the depths of the English countryside, Sir Benjamin Watson has amassed a private zoo in the grounds of his country home, 'Ganges' - an exotic jungle filled with snakes, elephants, tigers and lions. One summer evening during the Blitz, Ann Sherborne arrives at Ganges for a long-expected reunion of university friends. As tensions mount among the reunited companions, a series of accidents involving the zoo animals leads Ann to suspect that someone among them is hatching a sinister and dangerous plot...
Originally published in 1943 as part of Collins's celebrated 'Crime Club' imprint, this is an intense psychological thriller from the author of 'The Lady Vanishes'.
Originally published in 1943 as part of Collins's celebrated 'Crime Club' imprint, this is an intense psychological thriller from the author of 'The Lady Vanishes'.
