The main character, Virginia Gould, is a drip, worried about being blackmailed by her cousin when she hasn't even done anything. She wants to avoid unpleasantness. The cousin, Nigel Kerslake, is a shifty art dealer. He expected to inherit absolutely everything from his uncle, but the old man leaves the money to the Nigel, and the house to Virginia. Virginia sells up and moves to an idyllic village, but Nigel finds her there. There's a murder. Did Nigel do it? I didn't much care. This book was dull. ( )