The idyllic Cotswold village of Folly-on-Weir, with its traditional pub, sumptuous tea rooms and fragrant bakery, is a piece of paradise found & until those incomer Quillams arrive. A young piano virtuoso and his neglected but talented half-sister, their controlling father, the pianist s beautiful, acquisitive and passionate mother, an ambitious family retainer, and an intimidating woman who has always run the Quillam household form a successful little empire - until it starts to crumble. The Quillams arrival has also attracted the attentions of a sly, clever and perverted killer who desperately needs a jackpot and knows where to find one if the obstacles can be removed. Once again pub owner Alex Duggins and her veterinarian friend Tony Harrison must use their wits and resourcefulness to prevent further carnage and ensure that they themselves don t become the killer s next victims.