内容简介：
Set in a Devon countryside this is the first novel to feature Toby Dyke, an ex-reporter of no fixed occupation. Toby, in conjunction with the local police, investigates the curious circumstances surrounding the death of a middle-aged stranger who is run over by a car one winter's night while lying drunk in a lane. Driving the car is Anna Milne, an attractive widow from South Africa. But is it merely coincidence that the dead man also comes from South Africa and has Anna's address in his pocket? Elizabeth Ferrars unfolds her plot with the deceptively simple complexity which her many loyal readers have come to expect.