About the book: 1941 / A small English village by the sea is shocked by a brutal murder. Someone pushed a young girl who had never done harm to anyone off a steep cliff. Jealous fan? Secret rival? The police reject one version after another until, finally, Miss Maude Silver joins the investigation. Only she pays attention to the checkered jacket that the victim was wearing - unusually expensive for a provincial girl. Perhaps a gift? But... whose? And will he be the only clue that could lead to the killer??