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Charles OsborneNon-Fiction · Crime·b. 1927
Spider's web [adaptation]
Clarissa Hailsham-Brown, a diplomat's wife, finds her daydream of discovering a dead body in her home suddenly becomes a reality. When a corpse appears in her drawing-room, she must quickly dispose of it before her important husband returns. With the help of her houseguests, Clarissa attempts to hide the crime and solve the murder, all while trying to convince a police inspector that nothing is amiss.