Clarissa has a wild imagination, so will anyone believe her when she discovers a dead body in her house? Is her step-daughter really a murderer?

'Supposing I were to come down into the drawing room and find a dead body - what would I do?' Clarissa Haillsham-Brown has to answer that very question.

Clarissa (Penelope Keith), the second wife of Henry Hailsham-Brown (Robert Flemyng), is adept at spinning tales of adventure for their bored diplomatic circle. When a murder takes place in her drawing room she finds live drama much harder to cope with, especially as she suspects the murderer might be her young stepdaughter Pippa. Worse still, the victim is the man who broke up Henry's first marriage! Clarissa's fast talking places her in some hair raising experiences, as she comes to learn that the facts are much more terrifying than fiction.