Age has not wearied this coterie of bon vivants, gambolling in the rolling hills, vineyards and wineries of the romantic Clare Valley. But the Valley's dark secrets are revealed when firebrand Milton Manning's half-undressed body is discovered in the mud by the dam. Accident? Murder? Or simply a weak heart that gave up? When DI Louis Buckingham and his offsider DS Sally Seymour investigate they uncover more than they bargained for - and Sally is astounded by tales of what people her mother's age get up to.