The village of Frog End may be peaceful but that doesnt mean that the Colonelxs life there is quiet x not with his friendly but nosy neighbour Naomi desperate to know what hexs keeping in his new shed the curious Miss Butler who tracks his every move with her German U-boat captainxs binoculars and the attentions of the local vicar whoxs keen to involve him in church affairs Thatxs not forgetting the demands of the aloof imperious cat Thursday who seems to have adopted the ColonelSo the Colonel is pleased when his old friend Geoffrey Cheetham invites him up to the village of Buckby for the weekend to coincide with a RAF reunion event After depositing an outraged Thursday at the Cat Heaven cattery he drives up and meets his fellow guests at the Cheethamsx BB including a Lancaster bomber crew reunited for the first time But everything is not as it seems and the Colonel finds himself taking on the reluctant role of sleuth once more when tragedy strikes.
