ANTONIA FRASER’s seven previous mysteries featuring Jemima Shore—the latest is The Cavalier Case—have been translated into many languages, as has her previous collection of short stories, Jemima Shore’s First Case. They have also inspired two television series, Quiet as a Nun with Maria Aitken and Jemima Shore Investigates starring Patricia Hodge. Antonia Fraser is well known as a biographer, was President of English PEN from 1988–89, and is also a past Chairman of both the Society of Authors and the Crime-writers’ Association.