Anty Boisjoly is intrigued when Carnaby, club steward for the Juniper Gentlemen’s Club in London, does not return from a holiday; more, a telegram has been sent to Carnaby telling him not to return to his home town of Hoy in the Peak District because the “curse” has returned to the Castle. Traveling to the village with his faithful retainer Vickers, Boisjoly quickly finds that the division between the Town Carnabys and the Castle Carnabys results in part from the 400-year history of the famed curse, that a new bride in the family has been killed by being “taken up by the mists,” and that there are any number of Carnabys with reason to murder…. Although this is the fourth book in a series, it serves as a stand-alone in that all the information that the reader needs about Boisjoly is included here. It is a witty tale, with rather too many self-conscious plays on words, alliterative chapter titles and silly names; the author is evidently going for a breezy, P.G. Wodehouse style, but doesn’t quite make it. Nevertheless, there were quite a few places where I laughed out loud and the mystery moved along at a rather madcap pace, so I would recommend it as a slight but enjoyable read. I received an advance review copy for free, and I am leaving this review voluntarily. ( )