It’s seven in the mo r ning. The Bantrys wake to find the body of a young woman in their library. She is wearing an evening dress a nd heavy makeup, which is now smeared across her cheeks. But who is she? How did she get there? a nd what is the connection with another dead girl, whose charred remains are later discovered in an aba ndoned quarry? The respectable Bantrys invite Miss Marple to solve the mystery . . . befo r e tongues start to wag.