Publisher's Synopsis
Maria Black, Head of Roseway College for Young Ladies, and solver of crimes, is faced with a problem after her own heart when young Frances Hasleigh arrives at the college. Within days the girl is found hanged in a neighbouring wood, in circumstances that seem to be devoid of clues and without motive. When Scotland Yard is called in, Maria applies her own unique system to find a way through a maze of intrigue - and uncovers the murderer...
