Young Doctor Barry Laverty has only just begun his assistantship under his eccentric mentor, Dr. Fingal Flahertie O'Reilly, but he already feels right at home in Ballybucklebo. When the sudden death of a patient casts a cloud over Barry's reputation, however, his chances of establishing himself in the village are endangered, especially since the grieving widow is threatening a lawsuit. In this second book in Patrick Taylor's long-running series, the always-busy doctors also endeavor to save the village pub from a greedy developer.