Lady Evelyn is done at university and makes her way by rail up to a family country estate in Scotland where preparations are underway for a cousin’s upcoming nuptials. She makes the trip because her aunt, still mourning a son missing and presumed dead since the first world war, just isn’t quite right and it is hoped Lady Evelyn’s company will bring a lively comfort to the household.

What happens next is pure Lady Evelyn and will be good reading for those already acquainted with this most inquiring of souls and as good an introduction as any for new readers - the backstory of previous installments in the series brings context to the relationships between the characters but this story is a good standalone mystery too .

Three cheers to malia zaidi for bringing Lady Evelyn to her readers and keeping her adventures fresh each time .