Plot Summary:After hearing shots in the night, 60s model turned herbalist Lizzy Thornfield discovers the body of Martin Strickland. The wealthy Midsomer Wyvern landowner has been tied to a tree and mauled to death. Martin's second wife Camilla tells Barnaby that he had fallen out with the tenants of Wyvern House, his former family home, now a restaurant run by tyrannical celebrity chef Ruth Cameron and her husband Johnny Linklater. Martin was also angry about £10,000 worth of truffles stolen from his land. The dead man's last phone call was to Angela Linklater, landlady of the Stag & Huntsman and ex-wife of Johnny - she's also his lover. Camilla put up with the affair, but she is very angry to learn Martin left his substantial estate to his daughter Amy, ambitious commis-chef at Wyvern House. The police confiscate shotguns from farmhand Jamie Weston but the post mortem reveals that Martin was covered in truffle oil and eaten alive by wild boar. Ruth's protégé and whipping boy Nick Iver, sous chef ...
虽然我凭着推理剧经验和直觉找对凶手很多次，但是这次让我自己都意外，因为我真的看到凶手潜藏的爱意，就在他们夫妻对话的那个场景里。故事继续演绎着剧情我却想着，啊，就是这个人了，口是心非的家伙。结局倒是很温馨，还有狗狗超可爱的！！
这集误导虽然只指向一两个嫌疑人，但几起案子间的共同点还挺隐蔽的，凶手的计划始终比较清晰，只不过中间的误杀让剧情稍起波澜。ps.狗狗萌爆了_(:з」∠)_
亮點是狗狗。
的确，有点意外之感。
虽然真凶不意外，但最后的结局倒是很出乎意料，难得Lizzy以德报怨，扮演者居然是1972版《长夜》女主角，真是红颜易逝啊。