Avril comes to a dying man's rescue on a cliff. While she hears his last words, she notices a woman's portrait next to him. She seeks help at the village, but when she returns, the photo is missing; adapted from Why Didn't They Ask Evans?

Superintendent Laurence and Alice Avril are invited to a special diner, involving unsolved crimes. During the evening their host is killed and everyone becomes a suspect, even superintendent Laurence; adapted from Cards on the Table.