Death and the Dancing Footman written by Ngaio Marsh performed by James Saxon on Cassette (Unabridged)

A winter weekend ends in snowbound disaster in a novel which remains a favourite among Marsh readers. It began as an entertainment: eight people, many of them enemies, gathered for a winter weekend by a host with a love for theatre. They would be the characters in a drama that he would devise. It ended in snowbound disaster. Everyone had an alibi - and most had motives as well. But Chief Detective...

Inspector Roderick Alleyn, when he finally arrived, knew it all hung on Thomas, the dancing footman....