Monckton Hoffe

Beside their nuptial promises, newlywed society sleuth Lord Peter Wimsey and crime novelist Harriet Vane makes another vow: no more crime in their lives. Fat chance for that when the lovebirds and faithful butler Bunter arrive at the country cottage they've just purchased to find the overly attentive villagers disrupting their solitude, and the previous owner's body in the basement.

A young widow that is part of a cadre of con artists intends to steal a valuable necklace owned by one of the bluebloods. But the heist may go awry when a witty and handsome nephew of the targeted victim steals the light fingered femme's heart.