Shot in the dark

Sussex, England, 1929

Mydworth is a quiet, sleepy town about fifty miles from London. However, life in the town unexpectedly livens up when Sir Harry Mortimer returns home after years spent in the diplomatic service abroad. It was there that he met his beautiful and unconventional wife, the American Kat Reilly, and now they want to settle down together in his home county. But upon their arrival, they are immediately greeted by an unexpected event – a robbery of expensive jewellery takes place at the residence of Harry's aunt. The police are baffled by the case, so the Mortimers have no choice but to get involved in the investigation themselves…