The spell of the ancient Maori. Marsh Nayo

Inspector Roderik Alleyn-an aristocrat, an intellectual and the best detective Scotland Yard-came to relax at the quiet New Zealand resort incognito. There you can heal with mud baths, restore mental peace, chat with pretty people - this is at least an official version of Roderic’s stay in New Zealand.

However, the peaceful rest of a foreign guest did not set. One of the inhabitants of the resort disappears mysteriously, and the next day his body is found in a hot volcanic lake. What is it: an accident, murder or Maori's spell, who is dominant over the resort? But the inspector Alleyn raises the question differently: who is the next on the list of victims?