It’s New Year’s Eve in the quiet English village of Lesser Swinfold, and sculptress Sam Jones has arrived to celebrate the holiday with her old friend Tom, who teaches primary school and lives in a rustic bed-and-breakfast. Sam is not in for a relaxing vacation, though. Hugo, Sam’s city-loving boyfriend, is vexed to no end that they had to leave London for the countryside and won’t let her forget how unhappy he is. However, Hugo’s tantrums are quickly forgotten when Tom’s latest girlfriend is killed and Sam suddenly finds herself thrust again into a murder investigation where Tom is the lead suspect.While defending her wrongly accused best pal, Sam ends up uncovering more than she bargained for, including her deep attraction to Alan, a young, impossibly gorgeous college student who may hold the key to the entire case. Will Sam’s longing for another adventure set her on course for true love or cause a deadly disaster?