Five Old Flings

'You are invited to attend the funeral of Dominic Ignatius McCoy on Friday 29 December at St Mabel's Crematorium, Guildtown, at 11a.m., and afterwards to a meeting and finger buffet at the offices of Woodville-Leyton, Kensington-Harris and Snodkins, where you will learn something to your advantage.'

Ethel Porter has no idea who this Dominic chap is. But free food is hard to resist, and advantageous tidings don't come along every day. So, on the fifth day of Christmas, she attends the funeral, where she meets four other ladies who have all received the same mystifying summons.

Just who is Dominic? Why are they all amongst the beneficiaries of his estate? And what exactly has he left them?

Ethel and the others have an exciting time finding out!