Amiss is unhappy with his job managing a right-wing, 200-year old English magazine. And when the deputy editor is found drowned in a bowl of punch, suspicions of foul play are brushed aside by the police. But after another death, it appears that something wicked is at play among the magazine staff.

Amiss is unhappy with his job managing a right-wing, 200-year old English magazine, for the atmosphere is poisoned with egocentricity. And when the deputy editor is found drowned in a bowl of punch, suspicions of foul play are brushed aside by the police. But after another death, it appears that something wicked is at play among the magazine staff...