Ursula Pell of Pellbrook likes practical jokes, puzzles, and tricks. Which she plays of her two relations, Iris Clyde and Winston Bannard, and her neighbours.After a Sunday dinner Ursula goes into her private room and locks the door. Later a servant hears a scream and a shout. Once the door is broken down they find that she has been murdered. So a locked room mystery plus where are the jewels mentioned in her will.
An enjoyable mystery ( )

This is a fairly fluffy mystery novel, which I didn't expect to like much, yet I couldn't quite put it down until I'd finished it, despite it being two hours past my bedtime. Interestingly, although it's part of a series about the great detective What's His Name and his lovable sidekick, its two thirds of the way through the story before these two are even mentioned. Part of the mystery I figured out early on, and part didn't feel completely satisfying, but on the whole it was enjoyable. Bonus points in my mind for using one of my favourite ciphers. ( )