- A university reunion party that DI Richard Poole is attending is brought to an abrupt halt when one of the group is murdered with an ice pick.
- A quartet of Poole's university friends comes to the island and, whilst they are playing charades, Poole is murdered. Shambling inspector Humphrey Goodman arrives from England to lead the investigation and does not impress the locals with his clumsiness. He is surprised when the four suspects claim they did not know Poole worked on the island but then lawyer Angela Birkett confesses that she planned it as she had always had a crush on Poole, though he preferred Sasha, now married to abrasive James Moore. The other suspect, hard up Roger Sadler, bears a grudge against the victim from over a quarter of a century ago. However, using old photos of the group from their student days, Goodman wins his spurs and solves the case - though he is stunned when his wife rings to say she is leaving him.—don @ minifie-1
- The team is devastated when they have to investigate the death of one of their own - DI Richard Poole who was stabbed with an ice pick. He was attending a university reunion with four former classmates who had come to the island for that purpose. Assistance in the investigation comes in the form of DI Humphrey, now in charge of the team. They aren't quite sure what to make of their new boss - he seems disorganized and unprepared - but he does gain their respect. As for the investigation, the visitors claim that they'd come to the island without knowing that Richard was there and just happened to bump into him by chance in the market. One of them, Angela, finally admits that she chose their destination so she could see Richard again. Someone in the group has reason to want him dead however.—garykmcd
- Bumping into one at the market, DI Richard Poole is surprised to find some of his university study mates are holding a reunion on St.Marie, accepts an invitation stat, and renders it boring, apparently especially for himself, as he concentrates on a classic novel in French, which he doesn't even understand. Then the others find him fatally stabbed on the villa porch, to which no external access exists. DI Humphrey Goodman arrives to take charge of the investigation, quickly overcomes reluctance among the morning staff and proves himself as brilliant a sleuth as the case requires, as the key is a very old crime almost nobody knew about.—KGF Vissers
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