Seven Dead

Ted Lyte is a novice burglar who picks a remote seaside property for his debut job. The house, Haven House, proves to be anything but a typical holiday home. Searching its rooms for valuable silver, Ted discovers a sealed chamber holding seven corpses.

Detective Inspector Kendall is assigned the investigation. He enlists the help of Thomas Hazeldean, a yachtsman who happened to be sailing past the coast. As the pair try to trace the owners, who have vanished, the trail leads across the English Channel to Boulogne. There Hazeldean uncovers several reasons of his own to remain and look into the affair.