Dr. Alexandra Gladstone

Nobles gather at the country estate of the fifth earl of Dunsford, where a killer stalks the gilded halls. Each of the guests has a secret vendetta against the earl, but when he's found murdered in his bed, the lords and ladies flee, placing the blame on a servant. The village's lady doctor, Alexandra Gladstone, discovers evidence to the contrary and finds herself trapped in a web of scandal, deceit, and ghostly appearances that could cost her her life.

The small town of Newton-upon-Sea is stunned by the death of a retired admiral of Her Majesty's Navy and even more shocked at the state in which he is found. Everyone except Dr. Alexandra Gladstone assumes that he took a drunken fall from a cliff. Along with Nancy, Alexandra's maid, the London barrister Nicholas Forsythe, and her faithful dog Zack, Alexandra will battle local authorities, morticians, and the gossip of the town in order to learn the truth.