London, 1924: Europe is still reeling in the aftermath of the First World War. The birth of cinema, dance music, fashion and motor cars for the masses is opening up a brave new world of opportunity, where old barriers of privilege crumble and anything seems possible.
But across the continent, Fascism and Communism confront each other, while working men and women struggle to keep a roof over their heads.
When bold, sassy young Mirabelle Leicester left her bankrupt little farm in Gloucestershire to seek work in the great metropolis of London, she met the Three Just Men and swopped a life of rural tranquillity for high adventure.
Every day now brings new surprises and fresh challenges for Mirabelle as she and the Just Men strive to impose justice where the law has failed.
On a quiet morning when only Mirabelle is at home, a client arrives with a tale of attempted poisoning – but is she hiding an attempt at blackmail? Is a discarded cufflink enough to connect a man with murder – and when a suspected murderer is murdered, should Mirabelle intervene? A factory owner asks for help in identifying saboteurs – but when it turns out that his factory is really a sweatshop, does he have some darker plan in mind? A romantic moonlit walk becomes a criminal investigation when Mirabelle and her husband Leon witness a building accident, and reveal a network of local council corruption, forgery and blackmail.
In her battle against injustice, Mirabelle finds many allies: the resourceful and fearless housemaid Lucy Baines, the policewomen WPCs Busby and Pearce, and the redoubtable Nurse Wilson. But when the mysterious Maria of Gratz threatens the Just Men at their very heart, even Mirabelle is baffled.
But across the continent, Fascism and Communism confront each other, while working men and women struggle to keep a roof over their heads.
When bold, sassy young Mirabelle Leicester left her bankrupt little farm in Gloucestershire to seek work in the great metropolis of London, she met the Three Just Men and swopped a life of rural tranquillity for high adventure.
Every day now brings new surprises and fresh challenges for Mirabelle as she and the Just Men strive to impose justice where the law has failed.
On a quiet morning when only Mirabelle is at home, a client arrives with a tale of attempted poisoning – but is she hiding an attempt at blackmail? Is a discarded cufflink enough to connect a man with murder – and when a suspected murderer is murdered, should Mirabelle intervene? A factory owner asks for help in identifying saboteurs – but when it turns out that his factory is really a sweatshop, does he have some darker plan in mind? A romantic moonlit walk becomes a criminal investigation when Mirabelle and her husband Leon witness a building accident, and reveal a network of local council corruption, forgery and blackmail.
In her battle against injustice, Mirabelle finds many allies: the resourceful and fearless housemaid Lucy Baines, the policewomen WPCs Busby and Pearce, and the redoubtable Nurse Wilson. But when the mysterious Maria of Gratz threatens the Just Men at their very heart, even Mirabelle is baffled.
