Amateur sleuth Donna Nightshade should really be used to being accused of murder by now, after all, she’s found herself the prime suspect in nearly every case she’s investigated in the past year, but when St. Ives sees not one, not two, but three suspicious deaths in quick succession, and Donna finds herself in the wrong place at the wrong time for each one, she’s forced to defend her good name once again. Yet when she’s faced with unfinished business, in the form of DS Joe Enys, assigned to stick to her side and oversee her investigation, she realises there are some interesting benefits to having a murderous reputation.