Plot summary and comments: There's been another murder on the Cape, and the keen and salty Asey Mayo is on the trail again.

An auction that begins as a treasure hunt ends in murder, and an incredible discovery sends our unlikely detective off on a hunt for a killer. Were there secrets between rival art dealers, Miss Pitkin and Mr. Harmsworth? And where does Quin Sharp, the auctioneer, fit in? Here's Asey Mayo in a classic who-dunnit�as mysterious and amusing as his fans have a come to expect.