Life is never dull for Agatha Christie's housekeeper Phyllida Bright, but she is unprepared for the sight of a very real, very dead body on the library floor at Mallowan Hall. In this debut mystery, Phyllida not only has a houseful of demanding guests on her hands, but hordes of reporters camping outside. When another dead body is discovered—this time, one of her housemaids—Phyllida solicits help from the village's handsome physician, Dr. Bhatt, and the other household staff to find a killer who is still be close at hand and poised to strike again.