Winter has arrived in the town of Windermere & has bought with it the death of Frances Henderson the best friend of Persimmon ' Simmy' Brown's mother Having known the Henderson family all of her life Simmy must cope with the loss of an important figure from her childhood as well as the confusion at being bequeathed something in Frances's will When Frances's husband is violently murdered in his home Simmy must face the fact that the family she was once so close to as a child holds some dark & sinister secrets How will Simmy cope with seeing Christopher Henderson the eldest child of Frances & Kit & her childhood sweetheart after so long & are the rumours of Kit's infidelity a clue to who murdered him? Keen to keep out of the investigation Simmy must not only face these personal dilemmas but deal with Ben Harkness & Bonnie Lawson's enthusiasm for solving crimes as well as her father's worsening dementia & her own mother's grief for her best friend