Contents

1. Death in the House

2. Cabinet Pudding

3. Brown Sauce

4. Much Ado and More Talk

5. A Minister Rises

6. A Minister Falls

7. Suspicion at the Board of Trade

8. Assassination Is Not So Dull

9. A Conscience in Labour

10. Inside Information

11. Introducing Our Mr Lacy

12. Thorny Problem

13. Scent and Sensibility

14. Danger in Downing Street

15. Bombshell in Whitehall

16. Agitation of a Home Secretary

17. Financial Fade-out

18. Chat in the Chamber

19. A Minister Shows His Mettle

20. The Bill Is Presented

21. Postscript to Politics