Barnaby and DS Scott investigate the murder of Patrick Pennyman, an undertaker in the village of Fletcher's Cross. The man's wife thinks he committed suicide but the pathologist determines he was killed. The man died soon after his return home after attending a service at the local spiritualist church, itself the source of some controversy in the village. As the investigation p...。在劳拉·李的童年有一段记忆始终如新。一战结束后,辛迪尔与罗西被安置在田园诗般的科茨沃尔德丘陵村。这是一个令人深思的成长故事,描绘了一个在过去与未来之间的边缘地带,记录了那个还没有被电气化和汽车占领的乡野村庄。。法兰西在困难的经济形势下已经饱受打击,此时爆出的国家财政的丑闻更是雪上加霜。而这件丑闻很可能会牵扯到共和国总统和他最亲近的团队。爱丽舍宫决定召回西蒙·卡皮塔并寻求其帮助。尽管总统府秘书长加布里埃尔·塔基切夫对此表示反对,他们还是要共同承担起平息风波的重任。可是二人还不知道,看起来柔弱又任性的总统夫人居然与这起事件有着密切的联系......。