During one day of the annual open house of a grand stately home, three seemingly unconnected dead bodies are found on three separate floors - the lady of the manor in the private family quarters, a tourist visiting for the day in the public rooms, and a staff member down on the servant's floor. All killed by different methods, and no witnesses to how it was done.
With the world's media on his doorstep and the whole estate and family reputation at risk, the recently returned prodigal heir has to team up with the new housekeeper and the cousin of the dead tourist to find out how the victims were connected - and of course, who killed them, and why.
Growing up in a family of murder mystery addicts, Katy Watson learned early to look for means, motive and opportunity.
After studying English Literature - with a sideline in crime fiction - at Lancaster University, she set about teaching herself to write her own stories, while also experiencing enough of the world to have things to write about.
Two careers, a lot of airmiles, one husband, two children, three houses and forty-five published books for children and adults later, lockdown finally gave her the means, motive and opportunity to create her own murder mystery. The Three Dahlias mysteries are the result.