Celia lonely and highly strung is struggling to run her small country hotel. Her charming rakish step-son Rex is no help. Joan and her tearaway sister Eva are staying at the hotel which represents something of a romantic pilgrimage for Joan who after ten years still believes herself in love with Rex. Events lead to a suicide (or is it murder?). The climax involves mistaken identity and mislaid cyanide!-4 women 3 men