*Men put such bright disguises on their lust,* *And then it all goes crumble into dust.* - John Masefield, *The Widow in the Bye Street* Hubert Grant is a fairly unpleasant man - the sort of self-important man who thinks he is the life and soul of any party, thinks every word from his mouth is hilarious and thinks he should be the centre of attention. He also thinks he is happily married. Dorothy Grant despises her husband but finds consolation in the handsome Laurence Weston. In order for the lovers to be happy, however, the intolerable Hubert needs to be cut out of the picture. Permanently. Dorothy and Laurence start plotting. But the 'best laid schemes o' mice an' men gang aft a-gley' - and by the end of the scheming, there will be more than one body. Enter detective extraordinaire Anthony Bathurst . . . *Such Bright Disguises* was first published in 1941.

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