Acquitted of murdering her husband, Mrs. Vina Gregson remains
essentially a prisoner, trapped in her elegant New York apartment with
occasional furtive forays to her Connecticut estate. A jury may have
found her innocent, but Mrs. Gregson remains a murderess in the eyes of
the public and of the tabloid journalists who hound her every step. She
has recently begun receiving increasingly menacing letters written, she
is certain, by the person who killed her husband. Taking the matter to
the police would heighten her notoriety, so she calls on Henry Gamadge,
the gentleman-sleuth who is known for both his discretion and his
ability to solve problems that baffle the police.