In the depths of the English countryside, Sir Benjamin Watson has amassed a private zoo in the grounds of his country home, 'Ganges' - an exotic jungle filled with snakes, elephants, tigers and lions. One summer evening during the Blitz, Ann Sherborne arrives at Ganges for a long-expected reunion of university friends. As tensions mount among the reunited companions, a series of accidents involving the zoo animals leads Ann to suspect that someone among them is hatching a sinister and dangerous plot... Originally published in 1943 as part of Collins' celebrated 'Crime Club' imprint, this is an intense psychological thriller from the author of 'The Lady Vanishes'.