During a photography assignment at Hartington Hall, Georgina Drake finds the body of the lady of the manor dead in the ice house. With the local police, led by DI Colin Bradshaw, investigating, Georgina uncovers a series of conflicts within the household that could have led to the murder. As she unravels the mystery, another discovery—a human skeleton—complicates the case, leading Georgina to explore the hall’s dark secrets and the connections between the two deaths.