Táto séria sleduje osudy šikovného a všímavého Matthewa Rowleyho, ktorý sa ocitá v centre záhad a intríg v anglickom vidieckom prostredí. Každý diel ho stavia pred nové výzvy, od nevyriešených zmiznutí po tajomné udalosti v honosných sídlach. Sledovaním jeho postupu budú čitatelia odhaľovať skryté tajomstvá a morálne dilemy vyššej spoločnosti. Ide o pútavé čítanie pre milovníkov historických detektívok s atmosférou starej Anglicka.
Newly appointed as land agent to the youthful Lord Croft, Matthew Rowsley is distracted from his tasks on the country estate by the disappearance of a housemaid, and teams up with housekeeper Mrs Faulkner to get to the bottom of the matter. Something rotten is going on at Thorncroft - and it's up to Matthew and Mrs Faulkner to unearth the truth.
Land agent Matthew Rowsley and his capable wife Harriet are part of a group of trustees assigned to manage Thorncroft House - until matters take a disturbing turn when Lord Croft's long-lost cousin and heir, Julius Trescothick, arrives, ready to claim his inheritance. But is he who he claims to be . and what are his true intentions?