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On the day Juno Browne’s van goes up in flames and nearly cooks a dog, Juno meets James Westershall, owner of Moorworthy Chase, a large family estate. She is invited, along with her friends from Old Nick’s, to bring along their goods for sale to an upcoming garden fete. Included in the invitation is the newest and most irritating member of the Old Nick’s team, Gavin. During the fete, Gavin wanders off and is later discovered dead in nearby woods, apparently the victim of a bizarre accident.

Juno Browne is a self-appointed domestic goddess. From cleaning to dog-walking to caring for the elderly, she flits around the picturesque village of Ashburton in her trusty van ready to turn her hand to anything. Despite warnings to the contrary, she ventures into the shady world of antiques dealing when she takes on a new client, Old Nick, who has a reputation for conducting business by the back door.

When Juno Browne returns to the picturesque Dartmoor town of Ashburton after a brief holiday, she’s relieved to find that no one has been murdered while she was away. Though uncharitable friends suggest the quiet was simply due to her absence. Just as she’s settling back into her routine at the antiques shop and as domestic helper and dog walker, the brutal killing of local journalist Sandy Thomas shocks the town.

When Juno Browne purchases a wardrobe to stock in her fledgling antiques store, she doesn’t expect to find a dead body inside. And when the man she bought it from, rascally farmer Fred Crick, is found battered to death in his blazing cottage, the hunt for a double murderer is on. Despite the police struggling to connect the two deaths, this time Juno is resolved to ignore her impulse to investigate.

When Juno Browne purchased a car for her lover, Daniel Thorncroft, she was not expecting that the previous owner would lock a dead body in the boot. Who the dead man could be is a persistent question, as is the whereabouts of the seller, Amber Horrell. While Inspector Ford and the Ashburton police are on the case, Juno's insatiable curiosity and concern for the missing Amber lead her to start sleuthing on her own.

In the Dartmoor town of Ashburton, reluctant antique shop owner and accidental amateur sleuth Juno Browne has cash-flow problems. So, when the mild and gentlemanly bookbinder Frank Tinkler rents a room above the shop, he seems like the answer to a prayer. At home, Juno accidentally disturbs intruders and shortly afterwards, one of them falls to his death from a viaduct. Was it accident, suicide or murder? When Juno recognises his accomplice as Frank’s nephew, Scott, she decides to investigate.

När Juno Browne köper en stor förvaringsmöbel till sin nystartade antikaffär, förväntar hon sig verkligen inte att hitta en död kropp inuti. Och när mannen hon köpte den av, den skurkaktiga bonden Fred Crick, hittas ihjälslagen i sin flammande stuga, är jakten på en dubbelmördare i gång. Trots att polisen kämpar för att hitta ett samband mellan de två brotten, är Juno den här gången fast besluten att ignorera hennes impuls att utreda. Det går helt okej tills det dyker upp en främling som är kusligt lik den döde mannen i garderoben.

Samma dag som Juno Brownes skåpbil står i lågor träffar hon Jamie Westershall, ägare till Moorworthy house, en stor herrgård vid Dartmoorheden. Han bjuder in Juno att sälja sina antikviteter på familjens kommande trädgårdsfest och hon beger sig dit i sällskap med det brokiga gänget på antikhandeln. Men när en av Junos arbetskamrater hittas död i skogen verkar det som om han har blivit offer för en hemsk och bisarr olycka. Juno är dock övertygad om att han blivit mördad. Så hon inleder en egen utredning. Snabbt blir hon varse att detta inte är det enda dödsfallet som skett på Moorworthys ägor.

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