When Alice Carroll steps into Curiosity Cottage a picture-perfect former bric-a-brac shop in the Cotswold Village of Little Pride she thinks she's found the perfect place to start the new phase of her life. Freshly separated from her collector long-term boyfriend she's excited to embrace her new minimalist existence. All Alice needs to do is sell off the left-behind stock and settle in. But the villagers of Little Pride have other ideas and Alice quickly realises they won't give up their beloved shop without a fight. Then a dead body is found buried in her neighbour's compost heap and Alice realises there's much more to Little Pride and its residents than meets the eye.