A wealthy landowner man named Martin Strickland is found tied to a tree and mauled to death by a wild boar. Yuck. There were shots heard in the night, but no one thought anything of it due to poachers. The person who finds him is one Lizzy Thornfield.
Strickland's second wife, Camilla, tells Barnaby that Martin was arguing with tenants of his old family home. It is now a restaurant, and the draw there is Ruth Cameron, a chef like Paula Deen. She's married to Johnny.
Also, Camila says, truffles had been stolen from his land that were worth 10,000 pounds.
Martin last called Angela Linklater, who runs the Stag & Huntsman. She is Johnny's ex-wife (he's now married to the chef) and is the lover of Martin. Camilla tolerated the affair, but then she finds out that Martin left most of his estate to his daughter Amy, who is the commis-chef at Wyvern House.
The autopsy reveals that Martin was covered in truffle oil and eaten by the boar. Yuk again. No one, no women anyway, seem to care that Martin is dead.
Then another murder takes place but the person who is murdered wasn't the real target. Which means the murderer will try again.
Good story with the usual long-ago secret part of the plot, as well as jealousy, blackmail, and murder.
On the home front, we have the dog Sykes refusing to eat out of his new bowl, worrying Barnaby and his pregnant wife.
Good episode.
