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While holidaying in Italy, Angela Marchmont is persuaded to postpone her trip to Venice and go to Stresa instead, to investigate a pair of spiritualists who are suspected of defrauding some of the town’s English residents out of their money. But what starts out as a minor matter swiftly becomes more serious when one of the residents in question is found dead in the beautiful gardens of his home, having apparently committed suicide.

A rare bird is nesting in the lush summer meadows of the Swiss Alps, and the grizzled members of Uncle Albert’s Royal Society for Natural History Appreciation travel en masse to get a closer look. The fact that they will be encamped at an opulent villa, coupled with the promise of a midsummer party, persuades his niece, and unenthusiastic secretary, Lady Caroline, to follow suit. As the champagne flows, and tales of rare birds grow taller, a killer makes a bold move. One of the more risque guests is strangled with her own elaborate dress.

Becca Stenlund har det hele. Hun er ung, smuk og smart og bor i den skønneste gamle villa i skovbrynet; blåmalet, nænsomt renoveret og perfekt retro-chikt indrettet. Og så driver hun den populære livstilsblog Becca i Den blå villa, hvor hun deler ud af sit perfekte liv med upcycling-projekter, bæredygtigt børnetøj og økologisk plantekost. Alt emmer af overskud og idyl. En sen sommernat trasker Beccas 5-årige søn Bruno alene afsted langs landevejen for at finde sin far. Hjemme på køkkengulvet ligger hans mor ubevægelig og smurt ind i blod.

In the past, a murder at Villa Adele in 1901 deceives the Monte Carlo commissioner of police, causing the death of an innocent man. In 1951, new evidence is disclosed, along with lost treasure fortune seekers are willing to kill for.