Settling into her new life in regency London, widow Lily Adler gets to know the Wyatts, old acquaintances of her family. When Sir Charles Wyatt dies in an apparent household accident, Lily isn't so sure, and in this sequel to The Body in the Garden, she again aids the police. A maid in the Wyatt household is killed before she can share a vital clue, and Lily may need the help of the last person she wants to ask: her completely unreasonable father.