THE STORY: Malcolm Drake has returned from his WW2 Navy service a damaged man. He keeps dwelling on a young sailor whose death he feels he caused. While recuperating in his brother's home he has been amassing sleeping pills for what seems like a planned suicide. Then at an impromptu party he insists his teetotaling Aunt Evie join in drinking and she accepts a strongly prepared cocktail more on a dare than a willingness to be a social drinker. After downing that cocktail she dies on the spot, a rare case of alcohol poisoning that affected her weak heart. Malcolm is led to believe that he caused her death too. Police want to rule out murder and label the death a horrible accident. But the family physician and several relatives lay the blame with Malcolm. His mental state worsens with the additional guilt. Reality and imagination blur so that neither can be distinguished from one another. Then another person dies - this one an obvious murder. Will Malcolm be able to escape the Net of…
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