Set in the city and on an up-country station. The discovery of a decomposing body in an empty Melbourne house starts Sinclair on an investigation which uncovers - with the help of various passengers who came out on the same ship from England, the murder of a scapegrace rich Englishman by his own cousin for envy and greed. Includes a governess, a kindly squatter and wife, and loyal old family servants ... (PB)