Eine Serie bizarrer Todesfälle hält ein englisches Dorf in Atem. Für den besten Mann vom Scotland Yard steht bald unumwunden fest: Hier ist ein Killer am Werk! In Ashdown Dean - einem Dörfchen in dem nie ein Mord geschieht - entdeckt Lady Agatha Ardry plötzlich eine Leiche nach der anderen.

Olivier award-winning actor, Conleth Hill plays local police officer Sergeant PJ Collins, a gentleman who hides from people and fills his days with comfort food and half-hearted police work. He is one of life’s outsiders, lovable, but lonely and a bit rubbish at his job. When the body of long-lost local legend Tommy Burke is discovered, PJ is called to solve a serious crime for the first time in his career. Unearthing long-buried secrets, PJ finally connects with the village he has tried so hard to avoid.

When high-brow author PC Molloy is forced to write for April Devereaux's gossip magazine Poison Pen, he is not only caught up in a world of stars and their secrets he is also in danger of becoming a celebrity himself. Soon the spotlight is turning on Molloy and he struggles to keep his own secrets off the front page. But when he finds himself falling for his boss will he be able to find the right words?