The dead ringer

The idyllic Cotswolds village of Thirk Magna is best known for the medieval church of St. Ethelred and its bells which are the pride and glory of the whole community. As the bell-ringers get ready for the visit of the dashing Bishop Peter Salver-Hinkley the whole village is thrown into a frenzy. Meanwhile Agatha convinces one of the bell-ringers the charming lawyer Julian Brody to hire her to investigate the mystery of the Bishop's ex-fiancee: a local heiress Jennifer Toynby who went missing years ago and whose body was never found ... Meanwhile the bodies in the village just keep on piling up: The corpse of Larry Jensen a local policeman is discovered in the crypt. Millicent Dupin one of a pair of bell-ringing identical twins is murdered near the church. And Terry Fletcher a journalist and (briefly) Agatha's lover is found dead in her sitting room! Agatha widens her investigation and very soon her main suspect is the handsome Bishop himself. But could he really be behind this series of violent killings or is it someone who wants to bring him-and his reputation-down?