A clever sleuth. And a scandal brewing. When a popular barmaid is found dead at the Fox and Fiddle pub at the end of a charity event, the night culminates in shock rather than applause. For journalist and amateur sleuth Veronica Vale, the murder is personal. The Fox and Fiddle was her late father’s pride and joy, and Veronica refuses to let the police settle for easy answers. As rumours swirl and patrons desert the pub, Veronica fights to see justice done for Lillian before the killer slips back into polite society.
Set in 1920s Veronica Vale who is looking after the family business organises a dogs charity event in her pub.
Later that evening the waitress is killed in the pub grounds, the mystery evolves with dishonesty infidelity, the wrong person arrested an ex convict and more twists along the way.