The War, The Bones and Dr Cowie

Far from the Blitz, Marian Cowie is reluctantly resting in rural Aberdeenshire when a German 'plane crashes nearby. An airman goes missing, and old bones are revealed. Marian is sure she could solve the mystery if only the villagers would stop telling her useless stories - but then the crisis comes and Marian finds the stories may have a use after all.