While at the Society of Skeptical Enquirers' conference, 15-year-old ghostalker Ropa is drawn into a locked room mystery when one of the magical attendees steals a priceless scroll, and must use her gift to track down the culprit in an ancient castle rife with deadly politics and alliances.

To save her innocent young sister, Isabel must seduce the Healer and recruit him to her power-hungry stepfather's cause, but after spending one night with the man she must manipulate, Isabel realizes that she cannot betray Duncan of Skye because in his arms her heart is lost forever.

Who saw him die? I, said the fly, with my little eye. I saw him die. An astonishingly beautiful setting on the island of Skye. A gathering of fascinating guests at a hunting lodge set to enjoy abundant hospitality. And a double murder. A household in chaos... No one is allowed to leave. A tantalizing new case for Agatha Christie to solve.