A local gossip is about to get her just desserts! Life at Hopgood Hall is never boring but Alexi Ellis hopes that there will be no more murders for the time being - she's solved four already and is getting a reputation in the local area for being bad luck. So when local gossip Polly Pearson arrives at Hopgood hall Alexi knows this can only mean bad news. Polly has made it clear that she dislikes Alexi and has campaigned for her to leave Hopgood Hall forever - so what could Polly want? Then Polly reveals that her partner Gerry has been found murdered in her B&B and that she is the main suspect! Alexi her partner Jack and Cosmo the cat are all left speechless. More so when Polly begs Alexi for help in proving her innocence. But Alexi isn't sure she wants to help this spiteful gossip. Is she really innocent or as deadly as the police believe her to be?