Publisher's Synopsis
Lennox Kemp is a more orthodox solicitor these days than he has been in the past. His Irish-American wife Mary, rather less keen on the quiet life, quickly befriends the next-door neighbours, a motley group of young people loosely connected by their association with elderly invalid Gwendolyne Weston. The death of one of the lodgers seems to be a tragic accident, but when the question of murder is raised, the police arrest someone within hours. Soon Kemp is defending what looks like a hopeless case. It is Mary's curiosity about her neighbours and their secrets which brings the past to light, leading to a violent and startling conclusion. "Nicely done, with all the traditional British touches" KIRKUS
