Alec buys a murder mystery game at a church jumble sale and is eager to try it out. He invites Miss Flood, Gerald, Hilary and Jamie for a murder mystery evening. Zoë is feeling a bit under the weather but the evening goes ahead. It is all going well and everyone is really getting into the game and the tension builds until the final round when Hilary ruins everything by telling everyone she's the murderer. After the anti-climax ending everyone goes home. Zoë then feels very ill and thinks there is a problem with her pregnancy. Alec takes her into hospital where she suffers a miscarriage.