Private detective Agatha Raisin is in Mircester Park when she hears a cry for help. Rushing over, she finds an elderly couple, Mr. and Mrs. Swinburn, with the body of an old man lying at their feet. Chief Inspector Wilkes writes the death off as an accident. Agatha receives an anonymous tip that the Admiral's death was no accident. Local gossip points to the Swinburns as the killers. They turn to Agatha to clear their name, and she takes the case. When she's run off the road and then another attack occurs, it becomes clear someone doesn't want the case closed and will stop at nothing to prevent Agatha from solving it.-- Provided by publisher.