A Fine and Private Place

At the beginning of a well-earned break, Detective Chief Inspector Simon takes his mother and his partner Jessie to visit a famous Cotswold garden, run by the equally famous Helen Hartley. Soon after their arrival, Simon stumbles across the poisoned corpse of Helen's son Liam. Simon is quickly assigned to the case. As the investigation progresses, it becomes obvious that several people at Clifford's Place had cause to wish Liam Hartley dead. But another person is poisoned, and yet another, all with plants from Helen's beloved garden. With each attack the case Simon is building shifts its emphasis. And the killer is obviously taunting the police - or Helen herself...