XMurdoch: Too little, too late. Shouldn't ought to leave they eyes open, Faden. They go lookin' for somebody to take with -- them. Darwin: I ain't Faden, but I'll keep that in mind. You know. For when it's you that's dead.
The year is 2007. Elizabeth Barnabas keeps house for her private detective brother: a respectable woman even in the staid Anglo-Scottish Republic. Except Elizabeth doesn't have a brother....