A Most Agreeable Murder

In the small English township of Swampshire, where a strict code of conduct governs every lady's behavior, Beatrice Steele has never quite measured up: she's hopeless at needlework, has no musical talent, and harbors a secret obsession with true crime that would scandalize her community if it ever got out. She's resolved to bury that obsession for her family's sake, especially with the autumnal ball approaching and her sister Louisa's marriage prospects on the line.

But when eligible bachelor Edmund Croaksworth drops dead mid-dance and a storm traps the entire party inside with a killer, Beatrice can't resist stepping outside the bounds of propriety to find out who did it, alongside a disgraced but undeniably alluring detective who showed up uninvited.