Publisher's Synopsis
There's nothing quite so annoying as having the police arrive when you are trying to cover up a crime that may or may not have happened.Lord Bernard has died unexpectedly. Is Deputy Head Porter being framed? Head Porter just wants to be kept out of the picture.In this fast-paced whimsical British romp, a priceless work of art - the portrait of Old College founding father Lord Arthur Layton - has gone missing and with the death of Lord Bernard, the Master of arch rivals Hawkins College, there is nothing for it but for our heroine to don her trusty bowler hat and embark upon another eccentric investigation.In this sequel to the debut PorterGirl novel, First Lady of The Keys, Old College's first and only female Porter must find the portrait or it will be her that is flat on the canvas and framed like a kipper.Tenacious detectives, ill-advised disguises, saucy medieval literature and Russian spies conspire to confuse matters further in this entertaining romp.
