MIDSOMER MURDERS
THE
WOLF HUNTER OF LITTLE WORTHY
DETAILED
SYNOPSIS
Tamworth Springs is home to Midsomer's very own Stitcher Society, a social and health club for recovering heart bypass patients; the name of the club was inspired by the post-operative scar running down the middle of the members' chests. Founded four years ago by Reuben Tooms, the Stitcher Society is a place for people to embrace their second chance at life, a second chance which is a gift that should be embraced to the fullest. The club does this by offering lectures, counselling, fitness class, and most importantly new challenges, anything that will ignite a passion for life again!
Bamboo shinai
sticks are clashing as part of their latest event day, as the club
members are engaged in a kendo class. The session is going well until
Gideon (Reuben's son) introduces the latest member, Toby. The group
are outraged, so much so that the usually timid Georgie threatens to
kill Toby, leaping to thrust her shinai stick at his throat. Clearly
not all second chances are a gift! Blood pressures are raised until
Reuben steps in to calm the situation, he then surprises the members
when he backs Toby's induction, telling Georgie they can talk about
all this later.
The following
morning, Reuben is found murdered on the village green - a sharpened
shinai stick protruding from his chest.
Barnaby and
Winter are called to investigate, and after being informed about the
flare up at the club they interview Georgie, asking what Toby did to
make himself so unpopular. Georgie explains that five years
previously, Toby was arrested for the brutal murder of Viola,
Reuben's sister-in-law. However, due to an unreliable witness the
case fell apart and Toby was controversially acquitted.
Georgie ran
the local paper and following the collapse of the trial, publicly
hounded Toby, whipping the village into a frenzy until his was hunted
down by an angry mob demanding a confession, but Toby managed to
escape and fled Tamworth Springs. However, now Reuben is claiming,
after all these years, that Toby is innocent.......and that he has proof.
Barnaby and
Winter question if Toby is back to settle scores, or could someone be
taking revenge for siding with Viola's murderer? The pressure is on
to find out and to discover what caused Reuben to suddenly be
convinced of Toby's innocence, before the killer has chance to strike again...