It all began with the search for a purloined pet: Peaches. One spoilt pussy.

But then a harmless heiress is murdered.

Arch McNally, at ease among the rich and wicked of Palm Beach, is not easily shocked but as he crosses paths and swords with mediums, murderers, imposters and adulterers, even he is shaken out of his usual languid calm.

Especially when a seance brings death back from the grave...