<p>A spate of seemingly unrelated murders shatters the peace and tranquillity of Wisstingham as the baffled newly-appointed Chief Inspector Stone and his team struggle to discover motives and murderers.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>Meanwhile at Wisstingham Hall Commander Selwyn Fitzgerald's ever-thwarted search for the family treasure barely gains momentum before his beloved fiancé ex-mayor Miriam suffers a spate of attempts on her life. </p><p>This leaves the formidable librarian Amanda to strive alone in trying to organise Wisstingham's first arts and crafts festival to coincide with the opening of the Hall to the public.&nbsp;To add to her woes the arrival of a vengeful Frenchman sparks off even more chaos and death. </p><p><br></p><p>Life for Amanda would be so much less stressful if fiancé Sebastian would recover from his depressive episode and the various festival committee members didn't stop disappearing or dying horribly.&nbsp;</p><p><br></p><p>As a tangled web of deceit intrigue and revenge threatens to engulf the Hall's residents how can Amanda and Sebastian possibly survive the deadly peril it will bring?</p>