Robin Pagham is dead - drowned in a sailing accident. The reaction of
everyone in the village on hearing this tragic news is that Robin must
have been drunk. After all, that was what he did best - that and
drug-dealing and breaking his former girlfriend's nose, with a bit of TV
acting on the side. Surprisingly, newspaper reports of the inquest state
that no alcohol was found in Robin's blood. It was accidental death,
with no clear cause. At the funeral however Robin's latest girlfriend -
to whom he has just got engaged - stands up and, lifting back her veil,
announces that somebody in the congregation has murdered Robin and that
she's going to have their arse. Although estranged, Elsie and Ethelred
begin simultaneous investigations into Robin's death - as ever with some
comical results.