When Tessa's Scotland Yard husband Robin is invited to speak at the renowned and respectable Alibi Club, she is excited to be surrounded by the members -- all mystery writers of the first rank -- although she is sorry to see one of them missing.
Crime novelist and playwright William Montgomerie has died, leaving behind a supposedly bereaved widow and a lost manuscript. His widow, Gwen, suddenly blossoms into literary fame after years of struggling in the shadow of her famous husband. The splendidly eccentric Myrtle Sprygge, whose clairvoyant powers and old relationship with Montgomerie further complicate the situation, leads Tessa to wonder whether Gwen is taking credit for something she didn't write. And when Gwen is found murdered, everyone wonders what -- and who -- could have triggered such revenge.
