Graham Pilgrimm, a middle-aged, divorced and underachieving local government officer, inadvertently finds himself framed for murder by the seductive Frieda. This book tells the story of his fight to prove his innocence from the safety of an allotment shed, with the help of his well-meaning but largely inadequate male friends, his feisty daughter, a 'ghost' from his past, and an ambitious young reporter called Becky.