It was the worse possible time for murder. Radio Broadwich had come to do a documentary on Twytching's local charm. Mrs Withens, self-appointed arbiter of community affairs, was determined to see the town put its best foot forward. But it was a Herculean task, what with Rev Tamville-Bence holding seances; the elegant Alison Mailer using all her wiles to get interviewed on the air; and with schoolteacher Jack Edgar making eyes at the flamboyant Harold Thring, Radio Broadwich's producer. But when violent death tarnishes little Twytching's snug image, it is up to Police Inspector George Parrish to let the skeletons out of the cottage closets...and to use what old Amos Chipweather saw to catch a killer.