The Flawed Emerald and Other Stories

This short story and novella collection contains: Full Beam and Mystery at Christmas Cottage along with The Flawed Emerald and other stories. There are seven ingenious mystery tales in total. The Flawed Emerald When Imogen Croft bumps into an old friend at a railway station, the young woman asks for her help. Imogen is required to get to the bottom of a recent spate of vicious hate mail which threatens to end a burgeoning love affair. But Imogen's conclusions are not at all what her friend expected. The Witch's Burial An archaeological dig at the ancient Chapel of St Peter's turns up a skeleton, roughly hidden in a shallow grave. It becomes clear that the group are facing a mystery of a far more modern kind. The Bowl of Yellow Flowers Imogen and Hugh take a holiday in the paradise resort of Goa. But their Indian adventure turns sour, when a series of sinister happenings occur at their beach hotel.