Agnes Lockwood returns to Tyneside, only to stumble across another dead body.
On her first visit, she gained quite the reputation as an amateur sleuth, as she helped the police solve a murder. Now, she is simply looking forward to meeting again with Alan Johnson, a D.C.I. with the Newcastle police force.
Having missed him while she was away, she is hoping their relationship will continue to blossom. But on her first day back in the city, she gets caught up in another murder.
And this time, her intrusion into the police investigation pushes Alan Johnson