Newly retired Dublin literature professor Harriet 'Harry' Wild is too unconventional to knit, so she undertakes a calling as a detective, to the consternation of her straight laced policeman son, Charlie.

Due to their new notoriety, Harry and Fergus are approached by a woman desperate to find out how her husband died, although reluctant to get involved, Harry's interest is soon piqued.

Harry enlists her granddaughter Lola to go undercover at a girl's school in pursuit of a bank robber who committed murder to fake his own death.

A young serial killer who models himself after Dostoevsky's 'Crime and Punishment' dares Harry to track him down.

A stuffy dinner party in the home of Harry's former colleague goes awry when a vomiting bug hits all the guests but Harry, after the cause of the sickness is traced to a dead body in the home's well, Vicky Boyle leads the investigation.

A violent storm traps Harry, Fergus and Lola in the local pub, cut off from the outside world, the trio are put in even more peril when they discover a kidnap victim in a car.

When a wealthy matriarch is strangled to death during a video call with her relatives, the woman's daughter employs the services of the Wild Reid Detective Agency.

Zoe McCann is a recovering addict fighting each day to slay her demons, when she is abducted only to wake up in a forest wearing a vintage ballgown, her sanity and resolve are pushed to the limit.