Crime in Kensington : Moonstone Press : 9781899000043 : 1899000046 : 28 Jun 2019 : "How many times have I told you that we must appear to run this hotel as commercial proposition?" Newly arrived in London, journalist Charles Venables has been invited by his friend Viola to stay - at least temporarily - at a residential hotel in Kensington.  But there is something amiss at the genteel Garden Hotel. The prices are far too low.  The residents are jittery and upset.  On arriving, Charles overhears a threatening discussion between the proprietors Mr & Mrs Budge that suggests they are blackmailing some tenants. When the bedridden Mrs Budge disappears into thin air, it is clear that more than one inhabitant of the hotel has something to hide. Is it Egyptian medical student Eppiloki who believes Charles is working undercover?  The elderly Miss Geranium who receives messages from the prophet Ezekial, the fanatical Reverend Septimus Blood, or the cat-loving Miss Mumby?   Soon, a set of gruesome