Detective Chief Inspector Wilfred Dover is the most idle and
avaricious hero in all of crime fiction. Why should he even be bothered
to solve the case?
This time, Scotland Yard sends Detective Chief Inspector Dover and his
woeful assistant MacGregor off on the Stately Home circuit to look into
murder.
Since Lord Crouch, master of Beltour, can hardly make ends meet despite
the hordes of tourists visiting the manor, his hospitality is meagre -
though his vegetarian sister, Lady Priscilla, would love to cook for
Dover. And the victim couldn't be a drearier sort: "the wettest thing
since nappies," according to Dover.
In short, the inspector can't wait to be quit of the whole thing, and
chief suspects begin to pop up everywhere.