Gerald Hennessey, the famous silver screen star, never quite makes it to Temple Regis; the quaint Devonshire seaside town on the English Riviera. Murdered on the 4.30 from Paddington, his loss intrigues Miss Judy Dimont – a corkscrewed hair reporter for The Riviera Express. She's quickly called to the scene of a second murder, an apparent suicide on the clifftops. But why was a man like Gerald coming to Temple Regis anyway? And what is the connection between him and the second death?