Superintendent Battle is called to investigate a murder at the home of an elderly widow at a clifftop seaside house in Devon…


What is the connection between a failed suicide attempt, a wrongful accusation of theft against a schoolgirl, and the romantic life of a famous tennis player?


To the casual observer, apparently nothing. But when a houseparty gathers at Gull’s Point, the seaside home of an elderly widow, earlier events come to a dramatic head.


It’s all part of a carefully paid plan – for murder…