Richard Ainsworth moved to rural France to escape the world, so being voted mayor of the small town of Saint-Sauver comes as a terrible shock. Fortunately bureaucracy has its benefits and he is shipped off to a health spa to recuperate. The Esprit de l'Air is a world famous venue on a deserted island fort off the west coast of France, and was chosen specifically by his business partner and bounty hunter of international repute, Valérie d'Orçay.

Richard should have been prepared then. After a dramatic first night where a bizarre and unfriendly group of guests are pitched against each other to win ownership of the resort, Richard's film-historian mind wanders. Has he seen this all before?

And when the first body turns up, he knows he has...