While on holiday, an aging busybody becomes obsessed with solving a half-century-old murder, much to the chagrin of her husband.

After accepting her sister's offer of reconciliation, May emerges from her mousy shell and seduces her sister's lover.

Sisters May Thrace and June Symonds end a long estrangement after June's husband, whom May also coveted, dies unexpectedly. But when May moves in after the funeral, June finds old wounds are not so easily healed.

A single mother refused shelter at the estate of her aunt becomes a prime suspect when the aunt is poisoned.