Delicious Death

UK

Collins, London, Sep. 1970

US

Dodd, Mead & Co., New York, 1970

Plot

When a bored diplomat is approached in a black airport by a woman whose life is in danger, his interest is aroused. In a moment of weakness, he agrees to lend her his passport and boarding ticket.
Suddenly, Stafford Nye's own life is on the line. For he has unwittingly entered a web of international intrigue, from which the only escape is to outwit the Countess von Waldsausen - a power-crazed spider, hell-bent on world domination.

Contents

Introduction

BOOK 1: Interrupted Journey

1. Passenger to Frankfurt • 2. London • 3. The Man from the Cleaners • 4. Dinner with Eric • 5. Wagnerian Motif • 6. Portrait of a Lady • 7. Advice from Great-Aunt Matilda • 8. An Embassy Dinner • 9. The House near Godalming

BOOK 2: Journey to Siegfried

10. The Woman in the Schloss • 11. The Young and the Lovely • 12. Court Jester

BOOK 3: At Home and Abroad

13. Conference in Paris • 14. Conference in London • 15. Aunt Matilda Takes a Cure • 16. Pikeaway Talks • 17. Herr Heinrich Spiess • 18. Pikeaway's Postscript • 19. Sir Stafford Nye Has Visitors • 20. The Admiral Visits an Old Friend • 21. Project Benvo • 22. Juanita • 23. Journey to Scotland

Epilogue

Characters

Lord Edward • Altamount • Karl Arguilerus • Cliford Bent • Admiral Philip Blunt • Lady Mathilda Checkheaton • Mildred Jean Cortman • Sam Cortman • Dr. Donaldson • Professor Eckstein • Monsieur le President Grosjean • Henry Horsham • Sir James Kleek • Cedric Lazenby • Amy Leatheran • Lisa Neumann • Sir Stafford Nye • Colonel Ephraim Pikeaway • Eric Pugh • Dr. Reichardt • Mr. Robinson • Robert Shoreham • Herr Heinrich Spiess • Signor Vitelli • the Grafin Charlotte von Waldsausen • Countess Renata Zerkowski