Julian Shepherd, who has most of his money invested in Charles Edmonton's new invention, is found drowned, and there is every appearance that he killed himself due to money problems. Then a villager who has been stealing peregrine falcon eggs from Charles's widow is also found dead, and Barnaby and Troy investigate.
Quest roles:
Neil Conrich(Constable Angel), Neville Phillips(Admirer), Janet Maw(Eileen Hamilton), David Calder(George Hamilton), Kate Buffery(Mallory Edmonton), Anton Lesser(Rev. Wallace Stone), Richard Todd(Charles Edmonton), Alexandra Gilbreath(Naomi Sinclair), Rosalind Knight(Mother Jerome), Trevor Cooper(Sean Moorcroft), Robert Morgan(Martin Chadwick), Sheila Shand Gibbs(Jane Macpherson), Candida Benson(Sarah Pearce), Jemma Churchill(Maisie Cullen), Kenneth Gilbert(Hilary Carlton), Bernard Gallagher(Vernon Surtees)