It's December 1924. A woman is found dead in a rundown rooming house in Boston’s South End. But she’s wife of a wealthy banker with a mansion in the Back Bay. Did she kill herself or was she killed? Frances Glessner Lee known later for her miniature crime scenes used to train detectives wants to help her old friend Medical Examiner Dr. Magrath to find the truth. The dead woman's daughter and lover are involved in the demonstrations against the Sacco and Vanzetti trial. Family jewels are missing. Fanny fears Jake has some past entanglement with the neurotic woman. As Christmas approaches, the case seems unsolvable. Another death and a tragedy during Christmas Eve bell ringing and caroling drive the investigators to an unexpected end. This is book 4 of the Nutshell Murder Mystery series featuring Mother of Forensic Science Frances Glessner Lee and Boston Medical Examiner Dr. George Magrath.