Ellie Haskell catches spring cleaning fever when several members of the Chitterton Fells Charwomen’s Association meet decidedly grisly ends . . . Dear old Mrs Malloy, faithful housekeeper for many a year, has only gone and handed in her notice. After much despairing, Ellie employs Mrs Gertrude Large to keep her busy household running smoothly. But a few hours later Mrs Large falls to her death from a ladder. Ellie quickly finds a replacement, only for her to also suffer a fatal fall—this time in the library. These deaths can’t be a coincidence. One dead housekeeper is a misfortune, but two must be murder. Then a third body is found. This time stabbed to death—it was no accident. Ellie must don her best marigolds and go undercover to catch a killer who’s playing very dirty . . .