One should never meddle in the affairs of dragons but someone has been doing just that. They've been making imitation dragon scale baubles that are nothing short of lethal and kidnapping delivery drivers all over the Yorkshire Dales. They've also been leaving behind some distinctly dragon-ish traces. Beaufort Scales High Lord of the Cloverly Dragons is hot on the trail - or would be if he wasn't having political problems at home. That leaves Alice and Miriam to track down the real culprits rescue the hostages and salvage Mortimer's bauble reputation all while misleading the police regarding the of existence of dragons and hopefully without being blown up by unexpectedly aggressive Christmas decorations. Luckily they have the full resources of the Toot Hansell Women's Institute at their disposal. And then there's the small question of who stole all the Christmas turkeys. . .

Part of the Beaufort Scales series.