Writer David Cleeve lived exactly the way a bestselling novelist should live
- in an opulent house set in a beautiful corner of Cornwall. But beneath the successful facade was a private nightmare. For at regular intervals a sinister & mysterious warning was delivered to him: a single playing card the Jack of Diamonds. Then one day the card arrived torn in half
- & that night a murder was committed. Chief Superintendent Wycliffe was on holiday in the area but far from relaxing he finds himself drawn into the investigation. Before long there is more than just a single mystery to solve. As Wycliffe investigates he uncovers a double murder arson & a whole series of crimes stretching back over many years...