Something is afoot in the little village of Bunting and someone is trying to kill the lady of the manor. Luckily, amateur sleuth Maisie Cooper is on the case.

Maisie Cooper is done catching murderers, thank you very much. Having recently brought her brother's killers to justice, she's ready to go back to her glamorous life in Paris. But little does she know that the idyllic Sussex countryside is home to more than one criminal...

When Maisie receives a letter asking for her help in the little village of Bunting from ... Read morethe lady of the manor, she is curious enough to accept. She is then shocked to discover that the very woman requesting her assistance is her estranged Aunt Phyllis, who believes that someone is out to kill her. Maisie must follow the clues to find the culprit before they strike again.

As Maisie investigates alongside handsome Sergeant Wingard, she starts to wonder...

Why would someone want Aunt Phyllis dead?
What could her eccentric aunt have possibly done to be the target for a killer?
And does Maisie quite like all this detective business after all?...