It was thoughtful of William and Imogen Pascoe to come to look after their Aunt Eleanor, an elderly widow in poor health. It didn't hurt that she also possessed a considerable fortune and her only son was three thousand miles away. But then things begin to go wrong, starting with the sharp-eyed neighbor who questions their motives, followed by an unexpected arrival and an equally unexpected death. As more uncomfortable truths are revealed, clock repairer Jacob Silver and his wife Sarah are drawn into another criminal case, where a pudding may provide the proof needed to solve it.

'Proof of the Pudding' is the 15th book in the Silver and Simm Victorian Mysteries series.