As Georgie prepares to marry Darcy, her godfather offers the couple the use of Eynsleigh, his country estate. Georgie arrives to organize the household before the royal wedding and finds neglected grounds, an evasive staff and a succession of mishaps that suggest someone does not want her living there.
A gas leak in Georgie’s bedroom turns incompetence into attempted murder. With Darcy away, she investigates the servants and the estate’s recent history, trying to make Eynsleigh safe before the wedding guests arrive and another supposed accident proves fatal.