1911. Love is in the air. Despite one inconvenient circumstance—outwardly, it looks very much like its own horse—Lady Richenda Stapleford is getting married. Eufimia Martines also accepted the attentions of one of her admirers, even though in the servants’ part of the house, no one cares.
But real love doesn’t recognize the division between servants and masters…
Eufimia is now granted the high title of housekeeper. At the wedding festivities, when one of the guests dies, she has to take the investigation upon herself. As always, all she has at her disposal is her own sharp mind, virtue, and her unwavering, piercing scream—one that will more than once come to her rescue in a situation that becomes more and more terrifying…