Mabel Clarence is certain: Just a few minutes ago, there was a costumed dead woman in the library of the manor - strangled with a rope. But now she has vanished without a trace. And where there is no body, there are no investigations. The only one who believes the older visitor from London is a quirky veterinarian. So Mabel, in true Miss Marple fashion, conducts her own inquiries and sinks deeper into the murky swamp of the past - until she herself becomes a target of the murderer. Very British - an exciting crime novel set in the darkly idyllic atmosphere of Cornwall.