When Elspeth attends her ex-husband’s birthday, she does not expect to wake up and find him dead and find herself, along with the rest of the guest, a suspect of murder. Stories from her past with him begin to surface in her mind and she begins to ask questions; who could have killed Richard, why were these eight guests invited to the party, and what sort of person would want to keep a mysterious, intelligent Octopus in their home?
