Maud’s best friend Elizabeth has disappeared, but as she tries to solve the mystery, dementia threatens to erase all the clues, giving the search a poignant urgency.

High above the tiny hamlet of Grockleton stands Beesley Manor, home to the ominous Landlord and his…shall we say, genetically ambiguent…minions, including Pooch, a cross-eyed marksman, and Dobbin, who likes…