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BarnabyandDSScottinvestigatethemurderofPatrickPennyman,anundertakerinthevillageofFletcher'sCross.Theman'swifethinkshecommittedsuicidebutthepathologistdetermineshewaskilled.Themandiedsoonafterhisreturnhomeafterattendingaserviceatthelocalspiritualistchurch,itselfthesourceofsomecontroversyinthevillage.Astheinvestigationprogresses,thepolicelearnthatPennymanwasgenerallydisliked.Formeremployees,businesspartnersandothersallhadagrudgeagainsthimofonesortoranother.BarnabybelievestheheadoftheSpiritualistchurchtobeacharlatanandwhilethereisalinktotheeverincreasingnumberofmurdervictims,thesolutiontothecrimesistobefoundinanillicitloveaffairddd
