Broadway actress Meredith Hackett unexpectedly appears at Kenwood Court, and Caroline is delighted to see her old friend from the New York stage again. But their happy reunion is short lived as four days after her arrival, Meredith is found murdered. Does an old friend of Hank Nightingale, also newly arrived in town, have a connection to the death? Once again murder and mystery haunt the mansions of Newport, and it is up to Caroline and Hank to solve this crime whose roots may lie in Meredith's hidden past.