The year is 1919 and after suffering the horrors of warfare Kaff finally returns home still haunted by the death of his friend, Finn. After four years in the trenches the freedom of the open road now calls him and he sets off to find work.
He eventually arrives at the village of Crofton Devrille where he secures temporary employment at the nearby manor house.
Along with meeting new friends Kaff finds romance but things become complicated when the squire turns out to be the one man he hates with a vengeance. To make things worse, the discovery of a body puts the staff into a state of panic. Is there a murderer amongst them?