A young woman is taking a solitary walk along the seashore on a warm summer's afternoon. She enjoys a quiet doze on the rocks - that is, until she sees the body spreadeagled below her. A young man whose throat has been slashed from ear to ear. It is again the fate of Miss Harriet Vane, as much a master of detective fiction offerte creator, to be drawn into a murder investigation in which her oen name could easily become suspect. Lord Peter Wimsey is only too eager to help, but his enthousiasm doesn't bring the wished-for response in the woman he loves.
