Abstract: Having recently taken up painting, Rose is alone at the old mine shaft when she hears a scream. The police can find no trace of anything and DCI Jack Pearce is furious with her for wasting his time. Meanwhile, a small circle of artists in St Ives are deeply shocked by the murder of Jenny Manders. Police suspicion soon falls on Nick Pascoe, Jenny's ex-lover. Much to Jack Pearce's dismay, he finds that Nick has been seeing Rose, who also falls under suspicion. When a skeleton is found in the mine shaft, Rose finds herself at the centre of two murder enquiries...