A Victorian Whodunnit
Plum's in St James's Square in London, with its worn leather armchairs and cocoon of inviting warmth providing a refuge from the world, is everything an English gentleman's club should be. With one exception: excellent cuisine provided by master chef Auguste Didier - for the club's founder believed that if men can enjoy food together they can get on and rule the world together. But the late Captain Plum was an incurable optimist.
The trouble really starts the day women are allowed, for the first time, within the hallowed portals to watch the time-honoured ceremony of Plum's Passing. A series of bizarre incidents has already plagued the club - a rat left upon a dining table, newspapers wantonly mutilated, death threats made to a member, even obscene letters sent to the doorman. And Auguste, having always maintained that cooking and sleuthing go naturally hand in hand, is persuaded by his friend and rival Emma Pryde to delve once more into the realms of mystery. But murder at Plum's? Impossible!
