Publisher's Synopsis
Having been summoned back to London to appear in court to answer why she will not restore the diamond necklace to the family lawyers, Lizzie Eustace and her friends break their journey at an inn, where the strongbox holding the diamonds is broken open. Lizzie had kept the diamonds beneath her pillow but lies to the authorities. Later, in London, the diamonds are stolen by the same thieves, with the help of Lizzie's maid, and as the police begin to unravel the mystery, Lizzie becomes more and more entangled in her lies until the truth is finally revealed.
