Summonsed from her coastal home to claim her rightful inheritance, the unstoppable Peregrine Fisher manages to inveigle her way into a murder investigation.

When a pop star singer and his back-up singer are electrocuted during their surf-inspired spot on a TV music show, Peregrine's ex-boyfriend Eric is under suspicion for their deaths.

Peregrine ventures into the world of a top-secret science facility run by the government where Cecile Armand, an old comrade of Birdie's, is found frozen to death in a crashed car.

Peregrine gets a lesson in all things culinary when celebrated head chef at Samuel's ex-mother-in-law's international cookery school, Graham King, is murdered.

An architect and his lover are found dead after a party; Peregrine and James retrace the partygoers' movements, but it's proving difficult.

Peregrine's excitement over her upcoming nuptials is short-lived, when a woman's body is discovered during flight attendant training.

James investigates the murder of a farmhand the day before a wedding at an estate where James's father works; Peregrine tries to help.

At the Melbourne Kennel Club's dog show, a competitor dies and her prized collie is framed for the murder; Peregrine considers a canine companion.

A brawl at a bowling alley between rockers and mods leads to decapitation; when the police arrest Violetta's nephew for the murder, Peregrine tries to prove his innocence.

On race day, the president of the Sandridge Pigeon Club is discovered dead in the coop, covered in feathers and choked by birdseed. While Peregrine works the case with James, Birdie has her own mysterious mission to complete.

The gang gather at the river to relax and distract themselves from their assorted heartaches, but when Samuel hooks a corpse with his fishing rod, a day in the sun turns deadly.

A singer is found dead at Peregrine's New Year's Eve party at the Adventuresses' Club.