“A well told and interesting mystery . . . excellent intricacy and with real subtlety of character drawing. . . . One of the best of [Eberhart’s] tales.” —The New York Times
Elizabeth Dakin has reason to fear her older, wealthy husband. Throughout their two-year marriage—a union made in haste after the death of her father—she has been the victim of his alcoholic bouts of rage. She never imagined she had to be afraid for him.
But when she stumbles upon his dead body, suddenly the life they lived in a Jamaican paradise is revealed for the sham that it is. Or so she thinks. For suddenly Elizabeth finds herself the lead suspect in his murder . . .
