该片是由彼得·史密斯执导的欧美剧,于2004年上映，主要讲述了:Barna.by .and. DS Scott inves.tigate the m.urder of Patrick Pennyman, .an undertaker in the .village of F.letcher's Cross. T.he man's wife thinks .he .committed su.icide .but the patholo.gist determines he. was killed. The m.an died soon after his retu.rn home after a.ttending a service at th.e local spirituali.st chu.rch, itse.lf the sourc.e o.f s.ome controversy. in the vill.age. As the investigation p.rogresses, the police. learn that .Pennyman was gener.ally disliked. Former. em.ployees, bus.iness .partners and ot.hers all had a gru.dge against him of. one sort or another. Barna.by believes the. head of the Spiritualis.t church to be a c.harlat.an and wh.ile there is. a .lin.k to the ever i.ncreasing nu.mber of murder victims, the. solution to the crim.es is to be .found in an illici.t love affair.