Dorothy decides to throw a traditional American Thanksgiving in her English home. She’s going to pull out all the stops, with three days of preparation. But then former schoolteacher Dorothy gets a call to help out for a day at the local school. Mrs Doyle has gone missing and the usual substitutes are down with the flu.

Then as she awaits the arrival of her guests, Dorothy gets another call: Could she look after Mrs Doyle’s nine-year-old daughter, Miriam? The child’s father has been murdered. This certainly wasn’t part of the festive plan.

What’s going on behind the victim’s veneer of respectability? Dorothy wants answers.