Undertaker Drew Slocombe is not having a good day. His business is failing, the car needs an MOT and hes driven 120 miles to the Cotswolds to carry out the late Greta Simmonds final wishes. Unfortunately, when he gets there, a string of bureaucratic mistakes means that hes now the chief suspect of a murder inquiry. Thea Osborne and her loyal spaniel Hepzie are housesitting at Greta Simmonds house, which is currently between ownership. Then the discovery of a body in a nearby field finds her embroiled in a murder investigation once again.