When a six-foot-tall tan giant of man comes into Albert Blunt's International Detective agency, Tommy and Tuppenceâmarried couple and detective aficionadosâare in for a treat. Not only has Mr. Stavansson emerged after a two-year Arctic adventure, but he's lost his fiancĂ©e Hermione too. What telegrams and scraps of information Tommy and Tuppence can gather are all the hope the adventurer has in finding her. But this information leads the duo into dangerous situations, investigating secluded country houses in the dead of night, and that's only the start of itâŠ.