A Fire at the Exhibition

May 1912. After the previous years deadly heatwave, its been an uneventful spring in Littleton Cotterell. Though for Lady Hardcastle and her fiercely loyal ladys maid Flo, at least there are the provincial delights of the villages inaugural art exhibitionand bicycle raceto look forward to.

But at the exhibition opening, theres a panicked shout of Fire! In the confusion, the main attractionan extremely expensive bookis stolen from under everyones nose, as is a valuable painting lent by Sir Hector Farley-Stroud. Then the race, which starts as a charming day out, ends in a shocking death. And to top it all off, the Farley-Strouds reveal theyre in debt and might lose their house.

The sleuthing duo soon find themselves torn between a murder investigation, an art theft mystery, and trying to help their pals. All with a suspicious figure from Flos past, a supercilious insurance investigator, and a pair of rather bizarre treasure hunters on the loose