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 progresses, the police learn that Pennyman was generally disliked. Former employees, business partners and others all had a grudge against him of one sort or another. Barnaby believes the head of the Spiritualist church to be a charlatan and while there is a link to the ever increasing number of murder victims, the solution to the crimes is to be found in an illicit love affair.“很好，一分钟只有开始定点爆破，那那边的那面墙壁炸开，一旦爆破成功，立刻让消防队架设梯子.....”沈良立刻安排了这次的救援行动，然后语气一停，看了看旁边道：“钟山，你走一趟，把人带出来就可以了，如果遇到危险立刻撤退。”