The arrival of the flamboyant, obnoxious TV decorating star Hezekia 'Zeke' Harwood in the peaceful Bedforshire village of Snupperton Mumsley at the invitation of Lady Prunella Bliterington, who
has asked him to redecorate her drawing room, leads to disaster when Harwood turns up dead and Simon Kirby-Jones must investigate to prove that the prime suspect, Lady Prunella, is innocent.