It’s the strangest sight Bea has ever come across. The dead man is lying in bed wearing a lavish scarlet and gold dress, his cheeks carefully rouged, his lips painted bright red. Beside the man is a note saying ‘Sorry’ and a pair of the brightest sparkly red shoes Bea has ever seen.

It seems like a straightforward case of suicide. But when Bea discovers that the shoes don’t fit the victim, her suspicions are raised.

The dead man is Matthew Kent aka Magnificent Millie — a famous drag artist whose flamboyant act disguised a surprisingly conventional private life. And that’s not the only thing Bea has questions about . . .

Why is Matthew’s daughter so keen to whisk away his remains? And his two ex-wives seem more interested in the contents of his will than the strange manner of his death.

Bea and her gang of charming misfits must come together to solve the case: computer whiz Oliver; Bea’s unreliable but sweet ex-husband Piers, and bossy, pink-haired assistant Maggie.