The captains of two rival polo teams are observed having a heated argument just before the final match of their season. Shortly after the match, the captain of the winning team is found dead in the stables. Cleopatra Fox is lucky enough to have attended the event and to have heard the alarms concerning the discovery of the body, and she happens to note a coral-colored ribbon in the dead man’s pocket - but when the body is removed, that ribbon is gone! As it happens, Harry Armitage is investigating the cousin of the suspected murderer on a different matter, and so it is natural that he and Cleo team up to solve the crime. Their problem is that there may be far too many suspects, and not all of them are telling the truth….This is the seventh book featuring Cleo Fox, a delightfully independent young woman navigating life in London in 1900; she is far too independent for her relatives’ liking, who are trying hard to marry her off, but Cleo is firm in her decision not to marry - unless, perhaps, to Harry? Their relationship proceeds apace in this story, but leaving aside the romance part of the series, the mysteries are always well-clued and quite believable; reading these cozies is like having a wonderful chat to catch up with a dear old friend. Recommended, but begin with the first book in the series (“Murder at the Mayfair Hotel”)! ( )