Nancy Hunter and her grandmother Jane run the Dedley Endings Bookshop, selling mystery novels in a sleepy Cotswold village where nothing happens.

That is, until the Roth family open their mansion for the first time in thirty years for a lavish party.

However, the festivities are cut short when Lucy, recently married to young Harry Roth, is found dead.

But who among the guest could be the murderer - and why?

Nancy and Jane decide to investigate, but can they catch the murderer before the murderer catches up with them?

Join the unlikeliest detective duo in the killer opening of hte Dedley End Mysteries series, for fans of Richard Osman and Charlaine Harris' Aurora Teagarden series.