A Game for Spoilers

Don't be fooled! The 'sedate and genteel' game of croquet so often considered a dumb pastime for retired vicars and old ladies is, at the 'association' level, both demanding and as tactical as chess. They even play international test matches! That's how Compton Abdale sees it. But soon, encouraged by the enthusiasm of Hong Kong actor Danny Chang, Compton, a successful publisher from an aristocratic family, finds himself juggling preparations for an 'international' croquet event in Hong Kong with plans for his upcoming wedding to the beautiful Lucinda. At the same time he is becoming increasingly attracted to Calmsden, the fashion editor of a glossy magazine with whom his best friend Willy Fleming has also fallen hopelessly in love. Meanwhile, the manipulative Bryan Barton Kinnerton is looking for ways to make trouble on and off the lawns. He has already antagonised Compton into nearly killing him, but will the Hong Kong event create more problems, putting Compton's life and his game under such pressure that things could explode into something far from either 'sedate' or 'genteel'? It's a game for spoilers where savage competition can lead to almost anyone breaking all the rules.