When the owners of a local manor propose to build a visitor centre on the site of a memorial garden built by the previous owner there are strong feelings for and against the actions of the family concerned; there are also strong feelings within the family as the matriarch clearly doesn't approve of the way her daughter and elder grand daughter carry on and the illegitimate younger grand daughter, who appears to be the only nice person in the family, is treated like a skivvy. When the elder granddaughter is murdered there are plenty of suspects for Barnaby and Troy to interview and as the episode progresses more motives appear. The bodies start to pile up too, including one of a woman who went missing several years previously; perhaps the two cases are connected or maybe it is just a coincidence.
This was a fairly entertaining episode populated with many characters that had motives to commit murder or were candidates to be the next victim. The acting was solid throughout, something that makes the rather far-fetched stories favoured in the series so enjoyable.
This was a fairly entertaining episode populated with many characters that had motives to commit murder or were candidates to be the next victim. The acting was solid throughout, something that makes the rather far-fetched stories favoured in the series so enjoyable.