"Constable Martin Stenhouse, of Ager's Lagoon, was found dead in his jeep with all clues pointing to Jack Musgrave, his aborigine tracker. But when Inspector Bonaparte began his investigation, he learned that Jacky Musgrave "had become horse," and then Bony knew that Jacky couldn't be the murderer." - from the 1954 Berkley Edition

"Bony is stranded at Agar's Lagoon after the plane on which he is travelling develops engine trouble. He is asked to help solve the disappearance of Constable Martin Stenhouse. Bony will not subscribe to the theory that Stenhouse's tracker killed him. Smoke signals have told him that the tracker is dead and turned into a horse." – from "The Armchair Detective"

Location: Agar's Lagoon (fictional), 240 miles south of Wyndham in the Kimberley Ranges, Western Australia.

Cake in the Hat Box was published by the Doubleday Crime Club in 1954 and by Heinemann of London in 1955. The Medallion edition of 1954, printed by Berkley, is shown above.