Tommy and Tuppence Beresford have become the proud owners of an old house in an English village. With the property, they have inherited some bric-a-brac, including a collection of antique books. While rustling through a copy of The Black Arrow, Tuppencecomes upon a series of apparently random underlinings. When she writes down the letters, they spell out a very disturbing message: M a r y - J o r d a n - d i d - n o t - d i e - n a t u r a l l y. And sixty years after their first murder, Mary Jordan’senemies are still ready to kill…