It is really very dangerous to believe what people say. I have stopped doing it for years.

The newlywed Gwenda thought that this small villa by the sea was the house of her dreams. From the moment she moved there, however, strange things began to happen. While waiting for her husband to come to England, she tried to renovate the house, but she constantly felt like she was digging into a dark past. And it was impossible to control her irrational terror every time she climbed the stairs to the upper floor...

Desperate, she turned to Miss Marple. She expected her to help banish her fears, not to solve an old, "perfect" crime...