Why did 'Tiger' Osgood plan his disappearance? What really happened in that remote cottage on the night when one of his close associates also vanished, until his body was dug up in the cottage garden a year later, with no sign of injury? Inspector McLean sets out to find the answer to this mystery, which involves a young man and a girl who are no less anxious than McLean to know the truth, for reasons which concern them deeply.
