In series two, the bibliophile sleuth investigates the world of spiritualism as he helps to solve a baffling case involving medium Harold Sneed and a séance full of secrets. Off Savile Row, Inspector Bliss asks Book to help in a puzzling crime at a gentleman's outfitters – the elderly tailor Maxie Kleinmann is keen to confess to murder but the evidence doesn't quite stack up and points to something much more complex and sinister. And Book and Jack are sent to the seemingly charming German village of Würl by the mysterious ‘E' to thwart a thieving Duchess at Christmas time. However, festivities take a deadly turn when Book and Jack uncover secrets of their own in a castle brimming with shady characters. Book's association with the police continues to be not without its personal dangers and his lavender marriage with childhood best friend Trottie, is threatened by the debonair Colonel Winters.

When a charismatic medium hosts a mysterious seance, a table full of suspects are under investigation as Book reunites with Inspector Bliss to solve the mystery.

The evidence forces Book and the team to face a disturbing question: has a notorious fascist who ended up on the gallows returned from the grave to kill again?

Inspector Bliss and Book are unconvinced when a body is found in unusual circumstances in a tailor's shop and the elderly proprietor is keen to confess.

As Jack's good fortune runs out, Book and the team decipher the handiwork of a tailor who is capable of much more than a stylish new suit.

On a mission to stop a notorious book thief - the elusive Duchess Alberta - Book and Jack journey across post-war Germany to the town of Wurl.

With Book and Jack caught in the jaws of a deadly legacy in Germany, Inspector Bliss and local officer Liesl Pohl cross-examine the guests of the Schloss Von Bode.