James returns after doing a promotional tour in time for a charity bash. The annual Carsely Charity Week fundraiser with a special appearance by the Mayor.
Agatha is put out that James sister Sheila makes an appearance. The two have never got on well. Then at the charity event a glamorous young woman called Melissa Sheppard is rather too affectionate with James.
Meanwhile James is put out that Agatha is just too fond of Sir Charles and he and Agatha have a row.
Melissa is later found dead and James has disappeared.
Agatha, Sheila and Sir Charles team up to find James and who killed Melissa who apparently had a strange former husband who is obsessed with dolls.
This was a better episode only because it is less absurd, although it does feature a nun in Christian Louboutin high heels!
Even then DCI Wilkes is still irritating, a character with no basis in reality. Although in this episode Wilkes exchange theories about the murder with the Mayor.
The stakes are higher for Agatha as it is her husband who is missing and even DC Bill Wong helps out. He gets hammered for his troubles.