When Mae Holliday, the generally disliked postmistress of Little Gidding, is found murdered in Gidding Cathedral with a stake through her heart, only the famous clairvoyant Mrs. Edwina Charles can solve the murder.
The chief clerk to the Chief Justice is found dead and a brilliant, attractive attorney and an unorthodox investigator uncover the late clerk's special courtroom and bedroom talents and his access to provacative, compromising information.
