David Oberney had just returned to his sister Stella's house from a mental rest home But was he really responsible for the murder and violence that shocked the small English village of Wellford? Certainly he had shown himself to be openly hostile to Professor Verinder, who with his wife Ingrid, rented Bell Cottage, the small white building with green shutters which put David in mind of the March Hare's cottage in 'Alice in Wonderland' But was his deep-rooted hatred motive enough for cold-blooded murder? Even David himself wasn't sure any more