Publisher's Synopsis
Though Sally Jupp came from the village home for unmarried mothers, she seemed the ideal girl to help Mrs. Maxie run a large house and look after her invalid husband. But the real Sally--pretty, ambitious and clever--was very different from the docile, repentant character she seemed to be. Murder shattered the tranquility of her new home and Chief Detective Inspector Adam Dalgliesh arrived in the peace of a country Sunday to investigate the killing of a character as mysterious as Sally herself...
