Murder dines à la carte when the Mayfair Detective Agency investigates the mysterious death of Helen Deveaux from Bellwood Cottage. Everyone in the village is convinced that Alan Deveaux murdered his overbearing wife, and when a dangerous clue surfaces unexpectedly, Lord Hugo Anstead and the village sleuths are thrown into a perilous case of blackmail and deception. Everyone had a motive to commit the crime, including Alan Deveaux's attractive new wife, Anne Montrose, the victim's sister, Joan Bradley, and her sophisticated daughter, Faye. And when Lord Hugo and the teatime sleuths are invited to a glamorous 1920s style dinner party at Bellwood Cottage, they travel deep into the past to match wits against a cunning murderer.