August, 1983, it is the day of Nina Riva's annual end-of-summer party, & anticipation is at a fever pitch.
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Thea Osborne, accompanied by her beloved spaniel Hepzie, has had her fair share of unfortunate occurrences while house-sitting. Her new assignment for the mysterious Yvonne Parker is no exception. The somewhat unsettling village of Snowshill has Thea on edge as soon as she arrives, & soon enough she becomes entangled in another horrifying murder. Thea, alongside friends Drew Slocombe & DS Sonia Gladwin, works to uncover a sinister plot, where seemingly separate lives are intertwined in strange & secretive relationships. A malicious web of suspects leads Thea through the lives of the villagers & their secrets, to London & beyond.