Bishop's Acre is steeped in history and linked with tales of curses and lost treasures, so the villagers speculate wildly, with some attributing Jenny's disappearance to supernatural forces. The family faces intense scrutiny, and the master of the house, Jenny's uncle Sir George Dunstable, enlists help from outside to uncover the truth. But with no sign of forced entry or struggle, and the doors still bolted from within, everyone is stumped by her vanishing.
Joseph Hocking's classic locked-room mystery, first published in 1923, is a challenge for even the most sharp-witted sleuths.