Library Journal
From the moment English literature teacher Paula Glenning reaches her widowed friend's cottage near Salisbury, untoward events begin to occur. First, she must substitute for her ''accidentally'' injured friend Frances at a creative writing class in old Lady Hindon's mansion. Then, ''accidents'' escalate in number while Paula and Frances frantically try to unravel the clues. All centers on Lady Hindon's presumed murder and who will inherit. A well-written and eminently accessible British product, despite thinly developed characters and flimsy plot.