This is the Sixth Little Wychwell Mystery and follows Did Anyone Die?, A Very Quiet Guest, All that Glisters is not Silver, Speak of the Wolf and Some People Go Both Ways.Barnabus and Walls are enjoying an escape from marital bliss to have a 'boy's only' lunch by the river but their peace is shattered as figures from the past suddenly reappear in their lives. At the same time Elodea is also re-encountering a past acquaintance in Little Wychwell. Barnabus decides to investigate, but is this a mistake?