The Man Who Slept All Day

A weekend getaway among friends becomes an occasion for murder in this entertaining tantalizer of a whodunit (Kirkus Reviews). Eccentric brothers Frank and George Faulkner are hosting a weekend house party at the legendary Ravensmoor estate. The guests include a pair of struggling newlyweds, a brutal criminal attorney, a fading chorus girl, and a freeloading couple who live off the fat of their friends. All of them are acquaintances save for a mousy stranger whos more shadow than man. Then, one by one, each visitor makes the same startling discovery: Georges corpse snuggled under the covers of his bed. It couldve been another of his tasteless practical jokesif not for the gaping wound in his neck. Why everyones been assembled to partake in a murder is only the first mystery. Because the party at Ravensmoor is just getting started . . .