The Rainbow Feather

A dazzling socialite receives a single feather in a velvet-lined box-rainbow-colored exotic and menacing. Days later she vanishes without a trace. As society speculates and suitors panic whispers of an ancient curse and a secret society spread like wildfire.Enter Cyrus Vaile an astute and unconventional detective with a past of his own. Tracing the feather's origin from aristocratic salons to shadowy colonial outposts Vaile uncovers a tale of obsession vengeance and a treasure stolen long ago. But as more rainbow feathers begin to arrive each one followed by another disappearance-it becomes clear that the killer is sending a message. And no one is safe.The Rainbow Feather is Fergus Hume at his most exotic and imaginative blending mystery with historical intrigue and just a touch of the supernatural. With a globe-trotting plot richly drawn suspects and a race against time this is a mystery that grips from the first page to the last.Beware the feather. It's more than just a warning-it's a sentence.