'Classical detective novel set in modern Italy.'
Source: John Loder, Australian Crime Fiction A Bibliography 1857-1993. (1994); 190.
Trove offers a slightly more detailed synopsis: 'A group of people is isolated in a Benedictine monastery on an Italian mountain. Violent death strikes and the strands of love, conflict and anger existing among the members of the group must be unravelled to find the truth.' (Sighted: 20/5/2014)