On a dreary London evening, Commander Esmonde Shaw leaves his pile of paperwork in the Admiralty and heads home to Barons Court.
Yet what should have been a routine evening is disturbed by the discovery of a body underground… a gruesome murder...
This time out, Dixie’s got a furry partner-in-crime, an irascible Lhasa Apso named Charlie. They’ve just arrived at the home of one of Dixie’s regular clients to check in on Franklin, a mackerel tabby with avocado-green eyes and a luxuriant...