The huge and powerful hawk dominated the scene. Its talons pierced the woman’s flesh and the beak pointed towards her eyes . . .The sight is a particularly horrible shock for George Palmer-Jones ornithologist and amateur detective. An old friend of Eleanor Masefield a beautiful and charming widow he is staying with his wife Molly at Eleanor’s family run hotel. On the other hand Molly Palmer-Jones feels that Eleanor was more of a black than a merry widow - a ruthless manipulator of all those caught in her far-reaching web. Is Molly a little jealous or is she right? And will she be in time to prevent another death?