Agatha opens her own detective agency, but potential clients aren't exactly breaking down the door of her new office. In search of new business, Agatha and James visit Ivy Hall, a house said to be haunted since the English Civil War. Are the strange sounds and unexplained footsteps heard at night truly supernatural, or is someone trying to scare the obnoxious owner out of her home?

A scathing article in the paper harms Agatha's business, until Charles's wealthy friend hires the agency to investigate death threats against her daughter. After disaster strikes the daughter's engagement party, Agatha enrolls in dance lessons to try to outmaneuver the culprit.

The case grows more complex when a would-be assassin dies in Agatha's kitchen, but who was the target: him or Agatha? Toni continues her search for the missing dog, and Charles and Roy pull an all-nighter in the pub.

James vanishes after a blazing row with Agatha in a pub; leaving behind only a trail of blood and a dead body, everyone is left fearing the worst.

James vanishes after a blazing row with Agatha in a pub; leaving behind only a trail of blood and a dead body, everyone is left fearing the worst.

Agatha takes a relaxing trip to a traditional winter festival with her team to temporarily leave her troubles behind, but her plans are quickly derailed when a gruesome discovery leaves all of Carsely in the Cotswolds fearing for their safety.