Maxwell is anticipating a quiet summer with perhaps some light gardening if necessary - and as long as plants don't grow over the door and trap them inside it won't be. But as often is the case Mrs Troubridge happens and a day out for her and her special friend Mrs Getty takes Maxwell and Nolan to Haledown House and into a web of intrigue and death. Maxwell's summer is nothing like he planned. As resident conversationalist at a stately home with riding lessons for Nolan and free dinners when she wants them for Jacquie Mad Max Maxwell could be forgiven for expecting an easy time of it - with a fat cheque thrown in. But murders soon cross his path - almost literally - and with his own life in danger will he make it to the dreaded A Level Results Day?

Part of the The Peter Maxwell Series series.