Variety show actress Carola Roland has died, and the police believe that Captain Giles Armytage killed her because Carola threatened to ruin his engagement to his girlfriend. But Miss Silver has a different opinion: the detectives are going in the wrong direction, and Carola’s death is not connected with the intrigue she started... On New Year’s Eve, industrial magnate James Paradine is brutally murdered. The main suspect becomes Mark, the victim's nephew and main heir. However, Miss Silver is convinced: almost every member of the Paradine clan, whose representatives have very difficult relationships, had both a motive and an opportunity to commit a crime...