It's a cold November night but things are hotting up in the Parish Rooms in the wealthy village of St. John. On the agenda is desire, murder and blackmail but only one of them knows why. The old General is dead and his beautiful home Well Grange is up for sale. The new Localism Act allows for the Council to buy it for the community but someone wants it for themselves. Della the corrupt clerk and Bad Bob a blackmailing fixer manipulate the plan but who is controlling them? Beautiful Councillor Kate wants Chairman Gray but not for the right reasons. He wants her but that isn't more important than what he really needs to do. As old Councillors go two very interesting women join up but with someone else's agenda. Who is behind it all and who has more to gain than validation from the electorate? Perhaps the answer lies seventy years ago in the diaries of the old butler at the house. Professor Riley Ridgeway digs deep to reveal the secret of Well Grange but will that be the end of the mystery? If you thought Parish Councils were dull find out what they might really be up to.