Eight people -five men and three women- gather at a country guesthouse, at Monskwell Manor, run by a young couple, Molly and Giles Ralston. A few days of mental peace and carefree enjoyment await them... At least, that’s what everyone believes.

However, they will quickly discover that among them is a brutal killer, who has already murdered someone in London. Mrs. Lyon was his first victim. And now, at this very moment, this man is slowly and methodically preparing for a second... Perhaps even a third murder, with the unmatched skill of a person whose extraordinary intelligence is driven by a morbid desire for revenge.

The snow, which falls relentlessly all around the guesthouse, creates an impenetrable barrier around the trapped individuals, wonderfully facilitating his dark plans. No one can escape.

Inspector Trotter will try a number of clever tricks in order to trap the killer, but this sinister man knows how to slip away...

The macabre motif, The Three Blind Mice, will continuously accompany, like a nightmarish backdrop, the scene of horror! Who will stop the evil and what is the hand that scatters death? Which of all the faces is not what it claims to be, but the dark origin of the evil?

[Excerpt from the text on the back cover of the edition]