Plot

Milner is unhappy with his new DCS and has asked for a transfer, but after the DCS is murdered, Foyle comes out of retirement to replace him.

April 1944: The Allies have stepped up their war effort, and it seems the end of the war is in sight. Foyle has resigned as Detective Chief Superintendent, Sam has found a new job, Milner is fed up with his new boss, DCS Meredith. And then there are murders to investigate.—Cal

It's now April 1944 and Foyle has been off the job for about a year. There is a sense that the war is going the Allies' way and it will soon come to an end. The massive night bombing raids over Germany are now a daily occurrence and are creating some controversy, with a local Church symposium on the subject of negotiating a peace with Germany, about to take place in Hastings. Foyle is working on a history of the Hastings Constabulary with his not-too-efficient typist. Things are going less well at the local station. DS Milner is not happy and finds his new Chief Superintendent, Meredith, less than adequate for the job. The local police station has been slated for closure and he is thinking of leaving the force. When the DCS is murdered, Foyle returns to duty to solve the crime.—garykmcd

Its April 1944 and something big is about to happen. Everyone on the South Coast can just feel it. Troops and Forces vehicles are on the move in vast quantities and the Allies have stepped up their bombing campaign over Germany and it would seem the end of the war is in sight.

Foyle is at home, having resigned as Detective Chief Superintendent at Hastings Police. No longer needed as a police driver, Sam has had to find a new job too. Milner has cracked a large fraud case involving false transportation claims for journeys that were never made but which cost the War Office thousands of pounds. The perpetrator, Burton, is a well-connected man and warns Milner to watch out Burtons got friends who wouldnt be pleased to see him in jail.

Near Hastings a church conference is taking place. Amongst the topics being discussed are the question of forgiveness and reconciliation being offered to the Germans after the war and the morality of Allied aerial bombardment of German cities. Its a subject that invokes passions on all sides and somehow seems connected to a young RAF mans untimely death.

DCS Meredith is the new man in charge at Hastings Police station. Fed up with the new boss, Milner has applied for a transfer. When someone fires shots outside Hastings police station, Foyle has no choice but to return to his old job and piece together the facts. (As provide by ITV on the www.foyleswar.com website)