About the book: year / One of the most unusual novels by the author of the legendary “A Purely English Murder.” World War II. Francis Pettigrew is called to serve in the coastal village of Marsette Bay, where one of the many London offices has been evacuated. In order to somehow brighten up their dull existence, the employees begin to write a script for the perfect murder. But soon the game turns into a nightmare - the quiet and slightly eccentric Miss Danville is found murdered. Almost everyone had the opportunity to commit a crime, but no one had a motive, and the killer left no traces... Not only the provincial police are at a dead end, but also an experienced Scotland Yard inspector, who was urgently called in for help. But suddenly Pettigrew, conducting his own investigation, is struck by a hunch....