内容简介：
An eighteenth century country house party in Sussex - but who wants to kill the Earl? Or was the trap set for someone else? Might the answer to the puzzle lie in the town of Lewes? Could someone have chanced on a smuggler's secret and paid the price? Richard Devereux must find out before someone else is killed. And where have the Vernon emeralds gone? Will a visit to Chichester reveal them?