An exotic holiday for Miss Marple is ruined when a retired major is killed! As Jane Marple sat basking in the Caribbean sunshine she felt mildly discontented with life. True the warmth eased her rheumatism but here in paradise nothing ever happened. Eventually her interest was aroused by an old soldiers yarn about a strange coincidence. Infuriatingly just as he was about to show her an astonishing photograph the Majors attention wandered. He never did finished the story!