Gillian Howard, a successful crime novelist returns home late after having received the award for ” Thriller of The Year”, she finds that a copy of her latest award-winning book , “The Lady is Dead” has been delivered with no note and no indication of who it is from. As the evening unfolds a series of unfortunate accidents occur, she soon finds out why: someone is trying to kill her using methods from her own book. As a number of visitors to her home fall under suspicion, Gillian faces a race against time to discover the identity of her would-be murderer before it is too late.