Lexy Lomax, still masquerading as a private investigator in Clopwolde-on-Sea, has a strange commission from a younger than usual client... Sixteen year old Rowana Paterson's troubles began when she received news of an unexpected death. Did Elizabeth Cassall, an old friend of the family, fall from the top floor window of her lonely hill-top cottage – or was she pushed?
Why do the Gallimore family at nearby Pilgrim's Farm desperately want to get their hands on the cottage?
Is there really a Black Dog, or is it Lexy’s imagination playing tricks?
And why on earth has Gerard, Lexy's obnoxious ex, turned up in the village?
Dark forces are not only at work - they’re positively running amok...