Bracketts, an Elizabethan house near the town of Fethering, is about to be turned into a museum, but the transition is proving nightmarish. Carole regrets her decision to be on the museum's Board when she witnesses bitter antagonism and rivalry amongst the other members. Then a human skeleton is found in the museum's kitchen garden and before too long, there is a second body, not yet cold. These murders in the museum become a case that tests the sleuthing powers Carole Seddon and her neighbor Jude as never before...