 Richard Curtis is a junior British barrister entrusted with disentangling a client of the firm, Ralph Douglas, from his involvement with "poule de luxe" Rose Klonec.The infamous Rose has had more lovers than she can count—she removes all their cash and jewelry in the process, then discards them.Rose's dead body has been found in Douglas's country villa and in the room are a pistol, a razor, a box of poison pills and a stiletto.