Murder flies the coop

Sharing lodging in the sleepy English village of Walmsley Parva has eased some of the financial strain on Beryl and Edwina but money is still tight in the lean years following the Great War. All of Beryl's ex-husbands have proven reluctant to part with her alimony which is most inconvenient. So when the local vicar - and pigeon-racing club president - approaches them with a private inquiry opportunity the ladies eagerly accept. It seems the club's treasurer has absconded with the funds and several prized birds. The ladies begin by visiting his loft where they find the man lying in feathers and a pool of crimson blood stabbed to death-the only witnesses cooing mournfully. After a stiff gin fizz they resume their search...for a murderer.