The hot summer heat could put anyone on edge but to Daisy Dalrymple it does seem that her brother-in-law Lord John Frobisher is exceptionally tense
- & with good reason. Someone with an evil sense of humour is sending him a series of poisoned pen letters that threaten to reveal racy secrets which could ruin him completely. Promising to protect Lord John from public scandal Daisy travels to his village in Kent only to discover it's teeming with enough gossip resentment & intrigue to make everyone a suspect...or victim. But then a murder is committed & Daisy is forced to find the killer before the ink dries on her own death warrant.