An elderly woman dies an apparently natural death and a clause in her will insists that the police attend her funeral. The coroner is informed and it is decided that a post mortem needs to be carried out. In addition she has appointed a relative she has hardly ever met to be her executor. Amelia is on holiday with friends when she is informed of her great aunt's death and she returns to deal with her estate only to find some very strange bequests in her will and that her house has been very thoroughly searched.What seems at first like the paranoia of an elderly woman quickly turns into a complex investigation for Sloan and Crosby who set about it in their usual inimitable fashion. This is, as ever, a well written mystery with plenty of wry humour and some amusing dialogue as well as an intriguing plot which shows how the past can influence events in the present. I thoroughly recommend this entertaining and well written series to anyone who likes crime novels where the mystery is the important thing. The series can be read in any order.