In spring 1948, Alleyn joins a weekend party at Frantock Hall where he is left to investigate the sinister connection between the theft of a priceless chalice and a game of murder that goes horribly wrong.
In spring 1948, Alleyn joins a weekend party at Frantock Hall where he is left to investigate the sinister connection between the theft of a priceless chalice and a game of murder that goes horribly wrong.
A prominent cabinet minister dies as the result of an operation, his wife insists that he was murdered. Alleyn is called in to investigate the nursing home where he died.
When a grand old man of the theatre announces that he is to marry a young and glamorous beauty, someone in his family reacts violently to being disinherited.
