It's 'Stir-Up Sunday', 1936, and kitchen maid Joan Hart is busy making the Christmas pudding. Her best friend Verity Hunter, lady's maid to socialite Dorothy Drew, is tasked with adding the lucky sixpences, and makes a wish that her mistress will finally find happiness after the grief and chaos of the last few years...

However, when Dorothy's prized diamond necklace vanishes during a glamourous evening soirée, the household is thrown into chaos. Distracted only slightly by her burgeoning romance with Scotland Yard's dashing Inspector Marks, Joan and Verity set out to unravel the truth behind the theft, determined to recover the stolen jewels and, perhaps, ensure a happy ending for everyone involved...

Also includes the story introducing the servant sleuths! Death at the Manor, the first Joan and Verity story.