The romance novelist and amateur detective Ella Martin is back in Canterbury and is determined not to get involved in solving a crime again - honestly, she really doesn't want to. After all, there isn't a body in sight. However, while researching an old love tragedy at the estate of Feniston Park, she uncovers inconsistencies. Amelia and Felix died over seventy years ago, but is their fate really just history? And what about that environmental foundation in the west wing - is everything above board there? Perhaps she shouldn't just meet Detective Inspector Alex Drake in a personal capacity...