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Juno Browne, self-proclaimed Domestic Goddess who can turn her hand to cleaning, dog walking or home help jobs, is feeling overworked and underpaid. Her elderly client, Maisie is demanding more of her time and staff absences at the Ashburton antiques shop she also owns are making business difficult. She is not the only one with problems, very serious problems however. Her friend Elizabeth is being blackmailed, and dear Ricky’s errant nephew is on the run from criminals in London.

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.

When Juno Browne finds a life-sized effigy floating in the River Ashburn, a note attached claims it as the work of Cutty Dyer, Ashburton’s mythical blood-drinking demon. But despite Juno’s instinct that this is a sign of trouble ahead, the police dismiss her find as a practical joke. Then the body of a woman is discovered by the river, and it becomes clear that a killer has taken on Cutty’s identity. As suspicion falls on someone close to her, Juno finds herself drawn into solving the mystery, desperate to prove her friend’s innocence.

Juno Browne ger sig in i antikviteternas värld när hon börjar arbeta för "Gamle Nick", en säljare med grumligt förflutet och skumt rykte. Men när Nick blir brutalt mördad framgår det att Vlad inte varit den enda med motiv att döda den gamle skojaren. När Juno upptäcker att hon har ärvt Nicks nedgångna antikaffär och när en annan återförsäljare också dödas, inser att hon måste hitta Nicks mördare och det snabbt – innan hon själv blir nästa offer.

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.