When the handsome actor Bob Meakin was cast in the latest Northburn Films movie, he couldn’t believe his lucky stars. But with the crew in position and the camera rolling, Meakin trips on more than his lines, falling directly beneath the wheels of an oncoming train.

The producers claim this to be no more than an appalling accident, but subsequent events convince Inspector Henry Tibbett that murder was added to the script.

Patricia Moyes (1923-2000) was an acclaimed British mystery novelist, best known for her long running series featuring Inspector Henry Tibbett. The tenth book in the series, Who Saw Her Die?, was nominated for an Edgar Allan Poe award, and Moyes was inducted into The Detection Club, presided over by Agatha Christie, in the same year. Her early career also included work as a radar operator in the Women’s Auxiliary Air Force; as a screenwriter – with credits including the Robert Hamer film School for Scoundrels and Roald Dahl's Tales of the Unexpected –; as an assistant editor for Vogue magazine; and as a translator.