When officers approach, a suspect flees into a fast food restaurant. A driver takes his granny's wheels for a dangerous spin with cops in pursuit. A pair of young lovebirds get caught with some mysterious white powder.
Phryne, Dot and Dr Mac happily accompany Aunt Prudence to a picturesque chalet to celebrate a white Christmas in July. The party arrives to find one of the residents dead - electrocuted while hanging festive lights. No more suspicious than the usual Miss Fisher investigation, until the body count starts to rapidly rise?.
When inadequate overlord Negatus kidnaps Elf, the elf, it's time for housewife and alternate-realm messiah Debbie to put together a raggle-taggle gang of chancers and get her friend back. The pathologically polite swordsmen, the monks who learnt to lie and became estate agents, and the magician with anger issues all join Debbie on another trek through the enchanted forest.
Ben and Susan show up on Christmas Eve in Hebburn along with Susan's mum Millie, who clashes with Dot. Jack and Sarah fly in from Switzerland with tales of the whitest snow and the greatest university, but soon admit that their life isn't quite as good as it seems. Pauline and Susan manage to forge an unlikely bond over the festivities, as do Dot and Millie.