简介：AtareunionatallfemalecollegeLadyMatilda's,PoppyToynton,bossyhousemateofprincipalDianaEllerby,ismurdered.YearsearlierLewishadvisitedthesamecollegewhenfifteen-yearoldChloeBrooks,visitingherstudentsisterRuth,hadbeenattacked,supposablybyRuth'sAmericanboyfriendJudHavelock,whodisappeared.Chloewentintoacomafromwhichshehasonlyrecentlyrecoveredbuthaslittlerecallofthatnight'sevents.LewisvisitsAliMcLennan,aretiredcolleaguewhoworkedontheHavelockcasebutshehasnoleadsforhim.ThenshetooismurderedandLewisdiscoversthatshewasblackmailingPoppyforkillingJud.Poppywasalsoresponsibleforahatecampaignagainstseveralofherformerstudentcontemporaries,whoselivessufferedasaresult.…