Elizabeth Hartleigh Compton - Lady Elizabeth - is the house-rich, cash-poor owner of the Manor House in Sitting Marsh, a small village in England in World War II. Times are rough - most of the village men are in the military, and food and drink are strictly rationed. American armed forces are stationed in the area, and the girls of the village are meeting them in the pub, causing concern in the village that the Americans, although on England's side in the war, are not to be trusted with their daughters. When Beryl Pierce, a sixteen year old girl, is found murdered, suspicions are aimed at the Americans. The older English men who are left to police the village perhaps aren't well-suited to cracking the case, and Lady Elizabeth tries to solve the murder at the request of Beryl's mother. Meanwhile, her mansion has been requisitioned, per orders of the War Office, for several American officers to live in, because there's not enough room at the base.This is the first in a series of Manor House Mysteries.
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