Da den velhavende krimiforfatter Harlan Thrombey findes med halsen skåret over på sin 85-års fødselsdag, er alle medlemmerne i hans familie under mistanke, og den excentriske detektiv Benoit Blanc tilkaldes anonymt for at undersøge mysteriet. Hurtigt begynder alle skeletterne at vælte ud af skabene, og Blanc mistænker, at mysteriet stikker dybere end blot skærmydsler i en dysfunktionel familie.
Alle familier har dårlige minder. Familien Weston har flere end de fleste, ikke mindst takket være den bidske matriark Violet. En krise bringer Violet's tre døtre tilbage til barndomshjemmet sammen med deres mænd og børn. Snart falder alle tilbage i deres gamle roller. Spydighederne leveres i ærlighedens navn, og især Violet deler verbale klø ud til højre og venstre.
I løbet af julen gennemgår tre par, alle på forskellige stadier af deres liv, betydningsfulde øjeblikke på Cherry Lane 7.
To The Manor Bowen follows Changing Rooms design guru Laurence Llewelyn-Bowen and his wife Jackie, their two idiosyncratic kids, batty old grandma and their eccentric entourage to the heart of the English countryside in their quest to buy a grand new home. Jackie is tired of the London celebrity treadmill and is on a mission to get her family and staff to move to the country in search of the simple life. Laurence, a Londoner through and through, is less enthusiastic. But undeterred Jackie finds herself a run down 17th century manor house in the West Country and buys it. Luckily Laurence loves it too, and put his reputation, finances and family’s happiness on the line by moving everyone into this rundown rural ruin while they attempt to transform it into a magnificent family home. The beautifully surprising and refreshingly unpredictable Llewelyn-Bowens open their normally tightly-bolted celebrity doors to give us a peek at their unconventional and unruly family life.
