简介：JustwhenmarriedlifeforCreekandPollycouldn'tbesweeter,thefirstsignsofconjugalfrictionarebeginningtoappearonthehorizon... AchancemeetingonedaywithastunningyoungweatherforecasterisabouttosowtheseedsofinsecurityinPolly'smind-especiallywhenitemergesthatherhusbandandtheglamorousDaisyShandsharearatherunusualandintimatesecretinthepast. AndthereareparallelrumblingsinthelifeoftheCreeks'newcleaningladyDenise,whoisconstantlyoffloadingallhermaritalproblemswithapparentrelish.RelationswithherbovinehusbandDean,itseems,areatsuchalowebbshe'sdecidedtoturntothecommercialsectorforsexualfulfilment... Toomuchinformation,theCreeksmayfeel,asshedetailsherplansforanightofsinwithahunkyyoungmaleescort.Butwhentheeveningtakesasuddentragicturntheyareinevitablycalledintohelp...andsobeginsabizarrespiralofeventsinvolvingmistakenidentity,thedisposalofadeadbody,andamiraculousactofteleportationthatleavesevenJonathanCreeklostforwords. IsittoofancifultoattributethesemagicaldevelopmentstotherustyoldAladdin'slampthatDeniserecentlyunearthedatacarbootsale? Andasiflifeweren'tcomplicatedenough,thereisthearrivalonemorningofashockingphotographinthemaildestinedtosendashiverdownPolly'sspine.Whotookit?Andwhosentit?Andmostterrifyingly,isthereachance,asCreeksuggests,thatitmightbeabouttogoviral? Andfinally,whatisgoingonbehindthenetcurtainsattheapparentlyinnocentriversidehomeofparishmagazineeditorHoraceGreeley?Andwhatisthestrangedarksecretbeingnursedbyhiselderlytwinsisters...?…