Who would imagine a little gold ring could lead to kidnap torture and even murder? How could the curse of the Pharaohs come to Falmouth? The year is 1923 and a young Cockney woman appears in Falmouth. Inspector George Bartlett and Constable Archibald Boase think she’s harmless enough - until she and they are caught up in a seemingly endless cycle of mayhem and deceit. When a strange visitor claims to be a relative of the tragically-murdered Russian royal family Bartlett and Boase have little time left to prevent further murders as their superintendent looms large in the background waiting to take them off the case…

Part of the The Bartlett And Boase Mysteries series.