When Yank Caer married English Vicar Ter Crossed she never expected to get involved in intrigue and murders including their housekeepers in the quaint village of Hayden-Croy in York. Just a few months pregnant Caer and Ter have been redoing the rectory with Caer's lottery winning family money to which some people find intolerable. When Mrs. Montrose, a leading citizen and worst critic of hers is found dead in the church after missing their weekly Women's meeting Caer knows something is foul. Their good friend John Hughes comes to help investigate as well when Mr. Montrose is also murdered in his hospice bed and Caer's Irish cousin to paint a nursery mural. But when their housekeeper and her husband are also violently killed they all work together to find the connection between them. Although Caer does her best not to interfere she does help weed the killer out.
