Recovering from a skiing accident, and with two legs in plaster, doesn't stop Ellery Queen. He has his mind on the mystery murder of beautiful fashion designer, Sheila Grey. The police have charged wealthy Ashton McKell, believed to be her lover. But is he? And if not, why is he being blackmailed? Suspicion soon falls on McKell's scatty socialite wife, Lutetia. She had a motive. But so did Sheila's abandoned lovers. And what of Dane McKell who, it is alleged by the victim, tried to strangle her?