Mysteries to solve and plots to be thickened in a more reasonable, not so distant past. Four untimely deaths and the brutal murder of a budgie called Bertie. The indefatigable, stalwart housekeeper with a sad secret past. The rascally yet good hearted and occasionally disaster-prone youth. The wise and ancient widow who sees all and misses nothing. The motliest bunch of disparates that ever graced a dilapidated old house. With amazingly copious amounts of tea drinking. And the blonde.