In the trim years following World War I, brash American adventuress Beryl Halliwell and prim and proper Brit Edwina Davenport form an exclusive inquiry agency to create ends fulfill, hoping that crime does indeed pay . The most recent event to disturb the peace in the quaint British village of Walmsley Parva hits rather too near home-in fact, the prime believe has taken up residence in Edwina’s potting shed. Her seniors gardener Simpkins continues to be secretly sleeping there after a row along with his about Murder Cuts the Mustard disreputable brother-in-law and housemate, Hector Lomax. When Hector is available murdered in the local churchyard, Constable Gibbs comes looking for Simpkins, who was last seen arguing with his kin in the pub the night time before. Predicated on the sad state of her garden, Edwina provides grave doubts how the shiftless Simpkins could muster the effort to murder anyone. The two sleuths toss themselves into weeding out suspects and rooting out the true killer. But this is no garden range murder. The discovery of a valuable ring, a surprise link with Colonel Kimberly’s Condiment Company, and a second homicide all push Beryl and Edwina to play catch-up because they relish the opportunity to contain the culprit . . .