Phryne Fisher and her companion Dot go on holidays to Daylesford. The seemingly peaceful country communities of Daylesford and Hepburn Springs hide secrets that drag Phryne into their midst. She is soon involved in a series of accidents, that turn out to be murder, and the mysterious disappearance of women from the district.

Meanwhile, back in Melbourne Phyrne's adopted kids, Ruth, Jane and Tink, set about solving the discovery of a body floating in the Yarra River, who turns out to attend the same school as Ruth and Jane.

These are two completely separate story lines and I can't understand the inclusion of second story line at all. There was no need for it as this is the Phryne Fisher series. It just seemed like filling and the book could have done without it. Overall it wasn't the greatest of reads as it wondered a bit in an attempt to put in some red herrings. Plus there was an overuse of unusual, and old fashioned, words. You come to expect them from this writer but this time around there was an excessive amount.