Sarah Beaufort's life has settled down after a spate of sinister murders which Sarah, childhood pal Larch Henderson and ex-Scotland Yarder Ben Marshall investigated. Until, that is, one of Sarah's colleagues is strangled by a mystery admirer whose real object turns out to have been Sarah herself. And when another of Sarah's admirers is found murdered, Sarah's enquiring mind starts working overtime, making connections with a recent spate of jewel thefts ...