- When a corporate giant tries to acquire a small but respected relish factory owned and run by a dysfunctional family, a naked body is found in the warehouse.
- A tour of Plummer's famous relish factory ends in tragedy when one of the visitors is crushed against towers of relish bottles and dumped naked into a 200-degree sterilizer. When the dead man is found to be an executive with rival company Fieldway Foods, Barnaby and Scott's investigation uncovers many secrets and lies among the Plummer family. Someone is also trying to frighten matriarch Amelia Plummer. But who feels strongly enough about Plummer's Relish to commit murder?—Anonymous
- At the annual board meeting, CEO Ralph Plummer, whom the patriarch left a de facto controlling share in the famous relish firm Plummer and Son, the main employer in the village of Little Upton, infuriated his squanderer siblings Anselm and Caroline, who fail to win over dementing mother Amelia, by skipping dividend to pay for necessary infrastructure investments, and refusing to sell out to bitter competitor Fieldway Foods, having promised father to maintain standards, but his real passion is bird watching in the adjoining woodland, so his wife, company secretary Helen is in daily charge. Then the naked body of a visitor is found on-site in the factory's sterilizer, later identified as distant kin Dexter Lockwood, who was taking a guided tour of the factory the day before but actually represented Fieldway Foods in discrete take over-talks and was Amanda's ex. Amelia, who refuses to give power of attorney, asks Barnaby and Scott to look into the (dis)appearance of a dummy dangling from a tree outside her window. Legal documents, the ailing firm's hidden asset value and resentments of the family add to the complexity of the case.—KGF Vissers
- The squabbling members of the Plummer family have something new on their plate when a man is found dead in the family-owned relish family. Plummer's Relish is an old standard and the business is on the decline. The company is now owned by Amelia Plummer and her three children: Ralph, Anselm and Caroline. Ralph is the Managing Director but his wife Helen is more or less in charge. Anselm and Caroline would like to sell out to Fieldway Foods but Amelia and Ralph vote down the proposal. The dead man found in the factory is Dexter Lockwood, the grandson of a Plummer family rival and many years before, a one-time rival for Amelia Plummer's affections. He was also working for Fieldway Foods. Old love letters, a power of attorney and a pair of missing glasses are central to solving the murder.—garykmcd
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