Ruth Penny and DI Sam Gillespie are wanting their cake and eating it. They pretend to be a married couple as they go undercover in a retreat to possibly tack down Baron Jonty Battenberg.
He has been reputedly missing for five years, maybe even murdered by his wife Marion Grey who runs the retreat along with the Baron's brother Edwin.
There has been press interest because of a recent sighting of the Baron. In fact a reporter from the Times, Victor Goodbody is snooping around.
Only DI Gillespie ends up investigating his murder as Goodbody's dead body is found.
It was amazing how the lighthearted tone was kept, despite the circumstances. At one point Sister Boniface is hallucinating on LSD.
It was a fun episode, several suspects and dark motives abound. Even the spa had a very far eastern feel about it. Great Slaughter really has a wide variety of flora.