- Barnaby investigates the murder of a boy during a traditional annual race at an exclusive private school but meets with resentment.
- The Devington school has a long history of educating the privileged members of society and many have gone on to illustrious careers, such as in the Diplomatic Service. The Talbot family in particular has a long association with the school with three generations having attended. When Daniel Talbot is killed during the St. Malley's Day race, the same day his elderly grandfather dies of natural causes, Barnaby and Troy investigate. They find ongoing feuds between the school and villagers, a conspiracy theorist who thinks the school is the center of criminal activity, students who are having drinking parties at the local pub and the ongoing affairs of the school's secretive Pudding Club. The discovery of a long-held school secret leads to the discovery of the murderer.—garykmcd
- Daniel Talbot, pride and joy of stern father Anthony and his just-died grandfather, excelling at all and destined to become the third generation diplomat, reluctantly runs the traditional St. Malley's Day race at the founding day of his prestigious boarding school Devington, which dominates Midsomer Parva while looking down on the villagers, assured of victory by Marcus Heywood -overpowering rival Charlie Meynell- and the other fellows of the elitist Pudding Club students, with the blessing of headmaster Jonathan Eckersley-Hyde, who takes his cue from the Talbot patriarchs. However Daniel diverts from the path, gets fatally stabbed and dies at 'victorious' arrival with the ball. Barnaby and Troy, who befriends the cook, look into the boy rivalries within and around the club, where the Talbots annually award a scholarship for a future diplomat. Rowdy village motor-biker teen Paul Starkey is arrested and soon released, but directs interest to illicit visits to his father's pub and girls. The school's vet porter father-to-son Ludlow keeps turning up, even in earlier mysteries of missing men and precious objects obtained under diplomatic cover, while Charlie switches sides before he would talk, like conspiracy theorist Dudley Carew shuts down once he fears the cops accomplices of the 'dark elite' school.—KGF Vissers
- The village of Midsomer Parva is dominated by the imposing Devington School - as a seat of learning, Devington may be undistinguished in the great world, but it is socially well-connected and it has economic clout. When the College's Pudding Club sets off a murderous chain of events, ranks begin to close against Barnaby and Troy, and they need inside information to catch the killer. Is it someone from the local village who has a grudge against the school or is the killing motivated by activities at the school?—Anonymous
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