Newly retired Dublin literature professor Harriet "Harry" Wild is too unconventional to knit, so she undertakes a calling as a detective, to the consternation of her straight-laced policeman son, Charlie.
A stuffy dinner party in the home of Harry's former colleague goes awry when a vomiting bug hits all the guests but Harry; after the cause of the sickness is traced to a dead body in the home's well, Vicky Boyle leads the investigation.
A violent storm traps Harry, Fergus and Lola in the local pub; cut off from the outside world, the trio are put in even more peril when they discover a kidnap victim in a car.
When a wealthy matriarch is strangled to death during a video call with her relatives, the woman's daughter employs the services of the Wild/Reid Detective Agency.
Zoe McCann ist eine Suchtkranke, die jeden Tag darum kämpft, ihre Dämonen zu besiegen. Als sie entführt wird und in einem alten Ballkleid in einem Wald aufwacht, werden ihr Verstand und ihre Entschlossenheit auf eine harte Probe gestellt.