BestsellingauthorJosephineTey’sclassicfinalmysteryfeaturingherbest-lovedcharacter,InspectorAlanGrant,filledwith“alltheTeymagicanddelight“andnowfeaturinganewintroductionbyRobertBarnard.OnsickleavefromScotlandYard,InspectorAlanGrantisplanningaquietholidaywithanoldschoolchumtorecoverfromoverworkandmentalfatigue.TravelingonthenighttraintoScotland,however,Grantstumblesuponadeadmanandacrypticpoemabout“thestonesthatwalk“and“thesingingsand,“whichsendhimoffonafascinatingsearchintotheverse’smeaningandtheidentityofthedeceased.Grantneedsjustthissortofcasualinquirytoquiethisjanglingnerves,despitehisdoctor’sorders.Butwhatbeginsasaleisurelypastimeeventuallyturnsintoafull-blowninvestigationthatleadsGranttodiscovernotonlythekeytothepoembutthetruthaboutamostdiabolicalmurder.
