Seven thousand, six hundred fairy lights, a rare snowdrop, and murder. It's Christmastime at Beaumatin, the Cotswold estate of the Barons Raynham. Oxford Professor Maggie Eliot is looking forward to spending the festive season there with her husband Thomas, who is also the current baron. Unfortunately, Thomas' daughter from his first marriage, Constance, has chosen to have a Christmas wedding at Beaumatin. Constance hates Maggie and is doing her best to ruin her holiday. First she has invited her Swedish fiance's family to stay, which requires Maggie to act as hostess to ten houseguests who...