When Countess Zorah Rostova asks London barrister Sir Oliver Rathbone to defend her against a charge of slander--that the prince of her homeland was murdered by his wife--he is astonished to find himself accepting. Now private investigator William Monk and his friend Hester Latterly journey to Venice in an attempt verify the countess's claims, and though the two manage to establish that the prince was indeed murdered, as events unfold the likeliest suspect seems to be Countess Zorah herself.
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