When Miriam Birdseye takes to the slopes with her coterie of admirers, champagne flows and she leaves a trail of gossip in her wake. Fellow ski-resort guests include the celebrated Russian ex-ballerina, Natasha Nevkorina; Natasha's husband, nightclub owner Johnny DuVivien; and playboy Barney Flahertés, who is joined by his wife, obnoxious children, governess, and his mistress. In this witty 1950 farce by British novelist Nancy Spain (1917-64), secrets start to unravel and soon amateur sleuths Miriam and Natasha have not one but two murders to solve.