When local postman Dave Cutler was found to have his throat cut, Barnaby and Troy were handling the case. Carter seems to have slept with most of the women in the village, so there are many suspects between the despised lover and the angry husband. They received assistance from the local police, and they were the very attractive WPC Jay Nash. Troy immediately fell in love with him. When the second and third murder cases occurred, the police realized that their motives were much more complex, and that was pure jealousy.