The young maid Meg, who had recently worked in the vicarage, was killed. And soon her little son disappeared without a trace. But who needed to get rid of her? Who kidnapped her child and why? The police are at a loss, and then Mrs. Bradley joins the investigation. She puts forward an assumption: Meg's murder is connected with the mysterious disappearance of a local beautiful actress... Miss Ferris, a mathematics teacher from a prestigious school, is killed right before she goes on stage in an amateur performance. But who could want her dead? Fellow teachers she knew too much about? A longtime admirer, with whom Miss Ferris carefully hid her relationship? Mrs. Bradley begins an investigation - and comes to completely unexpected conclusions...