A quaint English garden party comes with good friends, a talking French Bulldog, fabulous cocktails, and a murder mystery.

Lola Ramsay was dreading the garden party, She loved everything about England but she hated fuss. However, it seemed that saving the vicar from a murder charge made her a bit of a celebrity.

All is going well until the village trouble causer, Lucinda Clinton-West drops dead after drinking her cocktail. Was the Mai Tie a mix of murder?

All eyes fall on Roy Patterdale. After all, he threatened her life when she made the council cut his precious hedges. Is that really enough to drive a man to murder?

Sassy the sock-loving Frenchie must use all her skills to hunt down the killer for it seems that many in the village had a reason to silence the gossip of Lucinda. She has split up families, prevented businesses from expanding, destroyed people’s chances of getting planning permission, and generally made a nuisance of herself.