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...。赛蒂特为了参加儿子奥尔罕的割礼,带着她的孩子们从伊斯坦布尔来到家乡马其顿,顺道看望父亲萨巴纳格和母亲玛摩。但不幸的是,母亲在一场事故身亡。赛蒂特竭力说服父亲和她一起到伊斯坦布尔生活。父亲的到来使赛蒂特的生活负担愈加沉重,而她与父亲之间的矛盾也愈发激烈。与此同时,赛蒂特开始与对楼的男子互生情愫……。