Plot Summary:While attending the Midsomer Regatta with his wife Joyce and daughter Cully, Det. Chief Inspector Barnaby finds himself investigating the murder of Guy Sweetman, the rowing club's chairman who is found floating in the river. Sweetman was quite a ladies man and there is no end of suspects on that score. However, Barnaby and DS Scott also learn that the dead man was having frequent meetings with two other members of the club and may have had an arguments with them the evening he disappeared. As the investigation continues, the police learn that the secret meetings all had to do with money, or the lack of it as all involved were having financial difficulties. Not surprisingly, the motive for the murder is both greed and lust.
不太像长篇的故事，内核比较无趣平淡。嫉妒是人类不可避免的情绪，简单粗暴却又非常真实，非常浓烈。
烟雾弹不够烟雾
又看到眼熟的脸了，Pride and Prejudice…
失望
故事无趣、节奏缓慢、动机俗套，Douglas Watkinson与Anthony Horowitz同为Midsomer最早的两位编剧，也同为波洛系列担当过编剧，他的两部波洛短篇《遗嘱失踪案》和《巧克力盒子》都改编得很精彩，但长篇改编和原创Watkinson还是比Horowitz略逊一筹。