Curiosity was an integral part of Miss Anthea Rutherford’s character. She could no more resist exploring an intriguing situation than a bee could be restrained from gathering honey. It was because of this regrettable tendency that she first became involved in a mystery concerning a well-known gentleman, who was also an intimate friend of no less a personage than the Prince Regent.

When Sir Aubrey Jermyn disappeared, Lady Amelia Jermyn simply could not go to the authorities – one had to avoid any sort of scandal. The only thing to be done was to call upon the help of the Honourable Justin Rutherford – he had, after all, successfully solved the late Marmaduke Yarnton’s murder.

But it was Justin’s niece, Anthea, who quite unwittingly stumbled upon the first clue in what was to become a most extraordinary and intriguing murder...