Dorothy Cannell

Ellie Haskell is called back to St. Roberta's boarding school by the headmistress, Mrs. Battle, to investigate the theft of the Loverly sports trophy, and finds herself in the midst of a prank that leads to murder.

When death strikes members of the Chitterton Fells Charwomen's Association, homemaker Ellie Haskell joins the organization and launches an investigation while cleaning her neighbors' homes.