Murder Follows Carolus Deene around--even to his retirement in the little village of Millgrove Water where they are still talking of the murder, five years before, of Jessie Flitcher by her criminal husband Desmond. Her body was never found and Desmond has dropped out of sight. Carolus finds the challenge irresistible and begins questioning Jessie's two sisters. Julie has nothing new to add, but he becomes convinced that the reclusive Marie has some clue to the mystery. Then an old friend of Jessie and Desmond, whom Carolus is advised to question, is murdered before he can get to him and Desmond is once more the prime suspect. Carolus follows the trail to Liverpool and, when he finally discovers the true identity of the murderer, he and Marie barely escape with their lives.