The year is 1996 and the quietly exceptional Miss Clover Lightfoot, primary school teacher and sleuth, is attending a training weekend at the once lavish Swann Hall in the heart of the English countryside. The weekend begins with a presentation by rival teaching consultants, all vying to be the next big thing. Children from Clover's school are also visiting Swann Hall for their school trip. When their teacher, the dashing but naive Tom Flint, falls ill, Clover and her friend Ellie take over the teaching of his class. Meanwhile, tensions between the consultants are running high and the scene is set for murder most educational. The local constabulary are baffled by the crime and there are many suspects. Only Miss Lightfoot's finely-honed teaching skills can help her solve the mystery.There will be ponies!
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