If any of you know cause or just impediment why these persons should not be joined together in Holy Matrimony, ye are to declare it. Marriage banns are being read right across the county, but no one seems to be paying much attention, not when there is so much else happening. The dowagers, Henrietta and Sara, and Toodles are recovering from a summer cold and making up for lost time. While Evie, the Countess of Woodridge, and Tom, who has mistakenly been given a full knighthood, instead of an honorary one, are busy keeping secrets, but secrets have a way of revealing themselves. A death near the village raises enough questions to pique Evie’s and Tom’s interest and trigger their suspicions. The news has left everyone shaken, but one of them might actually be pretending. The police think it was a robbery gone wrong. Yet, the more Evie and Tom delve into the victim’s life, the more they realize not all is as it seems.