A mysterious woman in black

Appears at night. Arriving in horse and carriage. Stays at Kyrme Cottage, then at night - disappears. She always wears black lace.

Abbey Combe's new Vicar

Vanishes overnight. A corpse found buried in the garden. Murder in Richmond Park. And the link with Jane Austen!

Meet the amateur sleuths

Belinda Lawrence and Hazel Whitby in the Somerset village of Milford. Among the eccentrics is the shadowy Madam Malefic.

"She's nuttier than any fruit cake Escoffier ever baked."