Publishers WeeklyThe fifth entry in Hood's series set in Prior's Ford (Scandal in Prior's Ford, etc., all under the pseudonym Eve Houston) offers a warm and vivid portrait of life in the quaint Scottish village. Hector Ralston-Kerr, the laird of Prior's Ford, and his wife have hired garden center employee Ginny Whitelaw to restore the gardens of their massive estate to their original splendor; the Prior's Ford Drama Club has decided to stage Oscar Wilde's The Importance of Being Earnest; and a popular cookbook author and her overworked policeman husband have moved into a local cottage. The biggest news is 50ish Clarissa Ramsey and 30ish Alastair Marshall appearing openly as a couple, until one of the drama club's actors is found strangled with Lady Bracknell's purple feather boa.
