Was it Eve Van Allen whose shadowy past spelled a motive for murder? Was it Arthur Burke, killing for the sake of art? Or was it Oscar MacLevy, libertine and poet, who had to find the killer or stand accused himself?

"Nice" people, all of them - until suspicion and fear pitted one against the other. Even Homicide's toughest detective, who could spot a lie like a lie detector, was baffled by this devious double murder. And then when death threatened to strike again, a childish gesture exposed the killer!