Adriana ford, retired actress, seeks out Miss Maud Silver to help her with a problem. Someone in her household is trying to kill her. Miss Silver takes the case and is introduced into a house full of emotional, highly strung people, any of which could be a murderer. Full of upheaval and drama, this book is a perfect old fashioned mystery.

Patricia Wentworth wrote a series of 32 crime novels in the classic whodunit style, featuring Miss Maud Silver, a retired governess and teacher who becomes a professional private detective.