They couldn't have wished for a more perfect day for a garden party, even if they had ordered it. A calm, warm day greets the Sheridan family on the day of their garden party. While daughter Laura takes charge of the preparations for the celebration, the news of a neighbor's death casts a shadow over the hosts and threatens the entire event. The Penguin English Library offers collectible editions for general readers of the best fiction in the English language, from the eighteenth century to the end of World War II.