When Jemima loses her beloved grandfather keeping his allotment alive seems like an ideal way to feel close to him. Finally Melissa has the allotment she's been longing for to distract her while her husband works away - even if it is chest-high in weeds. But when she looks for help in the wrong place she finds she's the hottest topic of gossip. For Dottie her allotment and part-time job of 'a little light dusting' at Lerwick Manor keeps a spring in her 80-year-old step - and her ears open for secrets. Though generations apart these three women are about to find a common bond in a newfound passion and that true friendship can grow anywhere.

Part of the Shetland series.