The Darings of the Red Rose Style:Trade Softcover The book concludes with "The

The book concludes with "The Man Who Held Up the Roof

twenty years after the posthumous publication of her final novel and seventy-five years after the first appearance of Mrs

James Holding (1907-1997) took that advice to heart

Her works in traditional mystery have included a number of series characters

The Darings of the Red Rose Style:Trade Softcover The book concludes with "TheThe lights are dim and a silent figure, in a diaphanous white gown, sneaks toward the safe where the famous diamond, The Seven Stars, is kept. Softly the safe door opens, the diamond is removed, and the figure slips away, leaving only a red rosebud behind. Betty Connolly appears to be a Bright Young Thing interested only in the debutante world of 1930s London, but she has a secret life. In the guise of the mysterious crook, The Red Rose, she strikes