Etta and Dora, retired teachers from the South of Italy, arrive with their Basset Hound, the strong willed, loveable Leon, for a home swap holiday in a German mansion, just in time for the celebrations following the wedding of their hosts’ son to a beautiful Parisienne socialite. But the festivities come to an abrupt end when the bride falls face first into the wedding cake, a bullet in her heart.
Although the culprit looks obvious – the groom’s business partner stands in shock, a gun in her hand – indisputable forensic evidence clears her name. Calling on her burgeoning talent as a sleuth, Etta launches her own investigations in parallel with those of the police. But with matters of the heart seeming to play a prominent role, it’s the more sentimental Dora who comes to the fore to fill in the gaps. Still, there’s something elusive, some crucial little detail…
Then the truth strikes. And it is so diabolical that even the pragmatic Etta is left reeling.
Etta and Dora were just about to head home to Italy after their first ever home swap when they were given the chance to stay in Mecklenburg for a couple of weeks, this time not so much a house swap as an exchange of favours, they stay there and then a little later a young man of the family will come and stay with them to immerse himself in Italian for a couple of weeks. To add to the lure of this the two friends have been invited to the wedding of the eldest son to his Parisian girlfriend. So far so very nice! Leon the Basset Hound is making himself at home and the wedding celebration is going well – until the bride ends up face down dead in the wedding cake!
Now Etta and Dora put their thinking caps back on to find out who wanted the bride dead, on her wedding day no less. With pretty much everyone in the wedding party a suspect the two retired Italian ladies have their work but out to find out the truth.
Crafts and Life 
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