Simon Gabb had everything - or so it seemed: a beautiful house, a big estate, a flourishing business and two sons, both endowed with evident capacity. When one is murdered, the solution of the case is as much a study in relationships as in crime.
In flashbacks, we learn how everything goes wrong in the lives of two sisters when their father brings the enigmatic Mary Dazill home and proposes to marry her. Soon, murder ensues. A fatalistic mystery with the emotional echoes of a Greek tragedy.
When Claribel organizes a 'murder game' at her annual New Year's Eve party, all sorts of unexpected things occur. An unusual 1936 crime novel by the incomparable Mary Fitt.