When Artist Robin and his apprentice Felicia travel to Lavenham in Suffolk with Mary and Roger Pettiman, pledged to paint a betrothal picture of the younger Roger and his bride, the last thing they expect is to be thrown into an investigation of the disappearance of the parents of the bride. As they dig deeper into this mystery, the peccadilloes they uncover are beyond what they might have expected in a rural Suffolk town. They find themselves having to stop a killer whose attacks become more and more frenzied...