Gilly Amery, a fashion reporter in Sydney, Australia, is susceptible to the helpless appeal of Lisa- in a cafe, later confounded when she is found murdered in the home of her friends-the Welches. A doubtful marriage and a prospective one, a second murder attempt, and the uncomfortable knowledge that she knows too much keep Gilly moving- but no closer to the solution which is handed her by the police... Down under they do spill over, but for all the feminine burble- there's no bubble.