Daphne Brewster has left London behind and is settling into her family's new life in rural Norfolk planting broad beans in raised beds and vintage hunting for their farmhouse. But when the local headmaster is found dead in his potting shed amongst his allotment cabbages the village is ablaze: Who would kill beloved Mr Papplewick pillar of the community? Daphne soon comes to realise perhaps the countryside isn't so idyllic after all. . ._x000D_When the headmaster's widow points her finger at Minnerva Daphne's new friend Daphne vows to clear her name. Sneaking into the crime scene and chasing down rumours gets her into hot water with the local inspector - until she comes across a faded photograph that unearths a secret buried for 40 years. . .

Part of the Hill House Vintage Murder Mystery series.