A Most Agreeable Murder

DEBUT The small community of Swampshire, England, is obsessed with perfect etiquette. While Beatrice Steele’s mother and beautiful sister Louisa fit in perfectly, Mr. Steele and Beatrice aren’t quite proper. After she reads a newspaper column about a dashing detective, Sir Huxley, and his disgraced partner, Vivek Drake, Beatrice becomes obsessed with reading about and solving murders. She knows she should be on her best behavior at the ball at Stabmort Park, but she fears she’ll be bored, while Mrs. Steele hopes Louisa will catch the eye of a rich guest, Mr. Edmund Croaksworth. Instead, the man delights Beatrice by falling over dead during the ball. Now they’re all trapped with Croaksworth’s killer during a storm. Beatrice knows she can find the murderer, but she’s forced to work with Croaksworth’s surprising guest, the once-investigator Vivek.