From the moment Wendy Thornton first laid eyes on The Ashes, she knew she had to live there. The house may seem neglected on the outside, but Wendy is convinced it's the ideal place to raise her young family. But as she moves into her dream home and sets about uncovering its past, Wendy soon learns that The Ashes is hiding a number of dark secrets.
1930. In order to escape her domestic worries, Frances Black travels to Devon to help the Edgertons with their family mystery concerning a suspicious death and the disappearance of a precious diamond. As Fran investigates, she uncovers family scandal, skulduggery and revenge, but can she solve the mystery of the missing diamond?
Three sudden deaths have occurred in the sleepy village of Durley Dean. Are they tragic accidents? Tom Dod's Aunt Hetty isn't so sure. All three took a stand against the new vicar of St Agnes Church and his controversial changes. But is there really a killer among the parishioners? Fran and Tom are soon plunged into a new mystery.
The night before she's due to make a speech to the Robert Barnaby Society on the subject of the famous writer's "magic chair," committee member Linda Dexter disappears. When her body is discovered two days later, fellow members Frances Black and Tom Dod determine to find out the truth about her death. Does the answer lie in the dead woman's past?