The Napkin Ring of Number Four
When a silver napkin ring goes missing during the Thornfield village supper, retired schoolmistress Agnes Plum notices that the thief left behind something far more revealing than the object they took.
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Five Minutes Before the Close of Business
When junior auditor Priya Mehta notices a single dormant account reactivated on Christmas Eve, she begins pulling at a thread that unravels a quiet, years-long deception at the heart of Caldwell Private Bank.
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The Library Book That Came Back Early
When Millicent Hoare returns a borrowed library book three weeks ahead of schedule, retired schoolmistress Agnes Pollard suspects the reason has nothing to do with reading.
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What the Watermark Knew
When junior auditor Priya Mehta notices a subtle flaw in a stack of supplier invoices, she unravels a quiet fraud that has been hiding in plain sight for three years.
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The Arrangement on the Vestry Table
When fresh flowers appear on a locked vestry table the morning after a burglary, retired schoolmistress Agnes Plum knows that someone has been telling the wrong story.
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The Signatures That Slept Too Long
When mild-mannered bank archivist Dorothy Fenn notices something odd about a series of dormant accounts, she quietly unravels a decade-old scheme hiding in plain sight.
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The New Neighbour’s Garden Twine
When retired schoolteacher Agnes Plum notices the wrong sort of knot on a broken greenhouse latch, she unravels far more than a simple burglary in the village of Little Fordham.
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The Client Who Came Twice
When mild-mannered bank clerk Olive Petworth notices the same elderly gentleman opening two accounts under subtly different names, she quietly unravels a surprisingly elegant fraud.
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The Rose That Remembered
When a prize-winning rose bush disappears from the Thornfield Show the night before judging, retired schoolmistress Agnes Pallister suspects the theft conceals something far more serious.
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An Unexpected Entry in the Petty Cash Book
When mild-mannered bank auditor Cecily Frome notices a single anomalous entry in a regional branch’s petty cash records, she unravels a surprisingly elegant embezzlement hidden in plain sight.
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The Funeral Notice in the Parish Gazette
When retired schoolteacher Agnes Plum spots an obituary for a man she saw buying bread that very morning, she suspects something in Nettlecombe is very wrong.
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The Duplicate Donation
When quiet auditor Miriam Okafor notices a charity’s accounts don’t quite add up, she unravels a clever deception hiding in plain sight.
