Even though Agatha Raisin loathes amateur dramatics‚ her friend‚ the vicar’s wife‚ has persuaded her to support the local pantomime. Stifling a yawn at the production of “Babes in the Woods‚” Agatha watches the baker playing an ogre strut and threaten on the stage‚ until a trapdoor opens and the Ogre disappears in an impressive puff of smoke. Only he doesn’t re-appear at final curtain. Surely this isn’t the way the scene was rehearsed.