Behind the Crimson Blind Violet Needham Mary Boulton is nineteen years

Mary Boulton is nineteen years old

a new thing comes

and Americans are drinking in speakeasies

The only two people on earth who can wrest the world from the iron grasp of Aquitaine

Behind the Crimson Blind Violet Needham Mary Boulton is nineteen yearsSir Henry Merrivale is on vacation in Tangier, but cannot resist the opportunity to meet the challenge of a world class criminal known as "Iron Chest", who always carried an ornate iron chest during his thefts. No one knows what Iron Chest really looks like, or how he manages to vanish without a trace after his thefts. After a red carpet welcome from the local constabulary, Sir Henry becomes friendly with two young English couples resident in Tangier