Barnaby was on vacation, and very unhappy to hear that someone he considers an idiot, Ron Pringle, his replacement, solved a murder while he was away. Pringle arrested a man named Billie Gurdie, a poacher, for a tramp's murder in the village of Upper Marchwood. Then Billie's father is found dead, an assumed suicide.
This is too much of a coincidence for Barnaby, and an autopsy shows that Billie's father was also murdered. He asks himself, who was the tramp, and how was he connected to Billie's father? An old woman who lives in the woods seems to know more than she's saying. Barnaby soon learns that fake identities and an inheritance spell murder.
Really good beginning to season 3, with John Nettles as Barnaby in fine form as he investigates a very complicated case with a few bodies. You have to pay attention, but I like that about the show. Loved the beautiful countryside as well, even though it's used for fox hunting. Boo.
This is too much of a coincidence for Barnaby, and an autopsy shows that Billie's father was also murdered. He asks himself, who was the tramp, and how was he connected to Billie's father? An old woman who lives in the woods seems to know more than she's saying. Barnaby soon learns that fake identities and an inheritance spell murder.
Really good beginning to season 3, with John Nettles as Barnaby in fine form as he investigates a very complicated case with a few bodies. You have to pay attention, but I like that about the show. Loved the beautiful countryside as well, even though it's used for fox hunting. Boo.