Inspector of Scotland Yard Alan Grant has always regarded writers and journalists with a certain caution—yet he simply couldn’t decline Lavinia Fitch’s invitation to a seaside village favored by London’s bohemian crowd.
Alas, very soon the peaceful—though somewhat dull—vacation is interrupted by a mysterious crime...
A handsome photographer, Lesley Searle, disappears without a trace, and local police immediately accuse Walter Whitmore, a young radio presenter, of murder.
At first glance, it is hard to argue with the conclusions of provincial keepers of the law.
Didn’t Searle try to take Whitmore’s fiancée away? Didn’t these two quarrel? And finally, wasn’t Whitmore the last person who saw Searle alive?
However, Alan Grant is convinced: Walter is the last person one should suspect of the crime…