After a mourner at a supposed-suicide's funeral confides her suspicions of murder to young vicar Sidney Chambers, he joins forces with Inspector Geordie Keating.
Sidney gives up alcohol and tries to renew his focus on clerical duties, but is dragged into another case when there are mysterious deaths in the village.
Sidney and Geordie investigate the murder of a local policeman, and find the killer's motive is connected to events that took place in the Second World War.
