Inspector Henry Tibbett is taking a much-needed holiday from his job at Scotland Yard with his wife Emmy. Headed for a spot of skiing in the Italian Dolomites and some first-class people-watching, Tibbett’s worries blissfully melt away. That is, until a fellow guest who boards the ski lift alive at the top of the mountain is found dead when the lift touches bottom.

Another dead body turns up, and then another, and it becomes clear that murder has come to the mountain. Dead Men Don't Ski reveals Patricia Moyes as one of the great mystery writers of her generation.