In the quaint village of Birdswing, the winter of 1939 is bitterly cold. Still haunted by his ex-wife’s murder and eager to contact the Fenton House ghost, Ben enlists Lady Juliet in an amateur séance. But the surprise return of Juliet’s rogue husband, Ethan, upends her life, setting tongues wagging. While she fights to make him sign divorce papers, a bloodless, naked corpse confronts Ben. The murdered man, handsome but uneducated and known to make passes at all things female, is discovered in an oh-so-proper estate. The snooty butler and the imperious lady play dumb, the maids act terrified, the cook insults everyone, and the housekeeper has a secret. To crack the case, Ben and Juliet must unravel a web of lies, theft, and forbidden love.