Following a heartbreaking divorce, fashion model Gianetta Brooke retreats to the Isle of Skye hoping to find tranquility in the island's savage beauty. But shortly before her arrival, a girl's body is found on the craggy slopes of the looming Blue Mountain, and the murderer is still on the loose, in this 1956 novel. Becoming acquainted with fellow traveler Roderick Grant, things are looking up for Gianetta, but then her ex-husband comes to stay at the same hotel. Another body is soon found nearby, and—with plenty of suspicious individuals lodging close by—there's nothing to stop the killer from setting his sights on Gianetta next.