Wow - season 18. Talk about your long-running shows.
Gregory Lancaster breathes his last in the presence of most of his family. Later, his bed is empty. Then the family's former nanny disappears from her grave.
Lots of family angst going on here. Felix (Alastair Mackenzie), who inherits most of the estate, arrives home too late from Antarctica to say goodbye to his father. His mother (Diana Quick) expects him to stay around, but he has a deal with a childhood friend, Sonny (Navin Chowdhry), to sell the house to him.
There's a new pathologist on board, Kam Karimore (Manjinder Virk), and she discovers evidence that incriminates both Felix and his sister's fiancée Craig. The wealthy Sonny falls under suspicion as well.
Then one person dies and disappears and someone else just disappears.
So who is stealing the bodies and why? When the truth is finally unraveled, the reason is part of the distant past.
This story had a few mysteries going on at once. The last mystery is who keeps stealing Betty's cuddle bear - well, we all know the answer to that.
The acting is very good, with Diana Quick giving an excellent performance as the widow Lancaster, though everyone is good.
It's an interesting episode, a little different as Barnaby and Nelson look for bodies instead of murderers, since there isn't an actual murder. One is revealed later.
One fun moment - when a conversation comes up about Kate, the old pathologist, it turns out she has moved on to a new job. She is currently staying with Ben Jones. Nelson shows a photo of Kate with the newly-bearded Ben.
Gregory Lancaster breathes his last in the presence of most of his family. Later, his bed is empty. Then the family's former nanny disappears from her grave.
Lots of family angst going on here. Felix (Alastair Mackenzie), who inherits most of the estate, arrives home too late from Antarctica to say goodbye to his father. His mother (Diana Quick) expects him to stay around, but he has a deal with a childhood friend, Sonny (Navin Chowdhry), to sell the house to him.
There's a new pathologist on board, Kam Karimore (Manjinder Virk), and she discovers evidence that incriminates both Felix and his sister's fiancée Craig. The wealthy Sonny falls under suspicion as well.
Then one person dies and disappears and someone else just disappears.
So who is stealing the bodies and why? When the truth is finally unraveled, the reason is part of the distant past.
This story had a few mysteries going on at once. The last mystery is who keeps stealing Betty's cuddle bear - well, we all know the answer to that.
The acting is very good, with Diana Quick giving an excellent performance as the widow Lancaster, though everyone is good.
It's an interesting episode, a little different as Barnaby and Nelson look for bodies instead of murderers, since there isn't an actual murder. One is revealed later.
One fun moment - when a conversation comes up about Kate, the old pathologist, it turns out she has moved on to a new job. She is currently staying with Ben Jones. Nelson shows a photo of Kate with the newly-bearded Ben.