First, the mystery man in the church wiht a bullet-wound. then, the riddle of dead man's buried treasure. the curious conduct of a caretaker after a fatal riding accident. the corpse and a tape-measure. the girl framed for theft.. and the suspect accused of stabbing his wife with a dagger. Six gripping his wife with a dagger.. six gripping cases with one thing in common-the astonishing deductive powers of jane marpie.