Poyuschie peski

Inspektor Skotlend-Yarda Alan Grant - znatok literatury i istorii - edet nochnym poezdom v otpusk v Shotlandiyu... Utrom, po pribytii na stanciyu, on sluchayno obnaruzhivaet v sosednem kupe trup molodogo francuza Charl'za Martina i mashinal'no podbiraet s pola gazetu, kotoruyu molodoy chelovek chital nezadolgo do smerti. Policiya ne schitaet nuzhnym rassledovat' delo, polagaya, chto smert' passazhira nastupila vsledstvie estestvennyh prichin, odnako Grant uveren, chto policiya oshibaetsya. Emu ne daet pokoya stihotvorenie o poyuschih peskah, kotoroe Charl'z Martin nabrosal na polyah gazety...