Hugh Everett was intent on nothing more than sitting and drinking in the second-rate hotel he found himself in on the south coast; and then Jan walked in, followed by his erstwhile love Lucy and her new husband, Justice Bath. When the night at Bath's residence ends with the judge's murder, Hugh is pitched back into a world of chaos and double-crossing; a world he had tried to escape for good. A deftly plotted mystery from 1952, Bennett delivers twists, international intrigue and brilliantly realized characters with a witty and distinctive style.