Who would imagine a little gold ring could lead to kidnap, torture and even murder? How could the curse of the Pharaohs come to Falmouth? The year is 1923 and a young Cockney woman appears in Falmouth. Inspector George Bartlett and Constable Archibald Boase think she's harmless enough - until she and they are caught up in a seemingly endless cycle of mayhem and deceit. When a strange visitor claims to be a relative of the tragically-murdered Russian royal family, Bartlett and Boase have little time left to prevent further murders as their superintendent looms large in the background waiting to take them off the case...