Meet Elizabeth Hartleigh Compton. She’s the house-rich, money-poor keeper of the manor – and keeper of the peace…

In WWII England, the quiet village of Sitting Marsh is faced with food rations and fear for loved ones. But Elizabeth Hartleigh Compton, lady of the Manor House, stubbornly insists that life must go on. Sitting Marsh residents depend on Elizabeth to make sure things go smoothly. Which means everything from sorting out gossip to solving the occasional murder…

Perennial do-gooder Lady Elizabeth has outdone herself this time. She wants to turn a plot of the Manor House lawn into a victory garden for Sitting Marsh villagers. But as the community comes together to till the soil and sow the seeds, they discover a gruesome hurdle – the body of one of her tenants. It’s a deep secret buried in a shallow grave. And it’s up to Elizabeth to unearth the motive behind the crime…