Episode 1
A divorced and disliked man living in a nobleman's estate is found in a sewer ditch after someone rolled a concrete pipe on his head.
Episode 2
Alleyn's old French teacher, the landlord of an idyllic Scottish island is receiving death threats because she's blocking its development as a health spa.
Episode 3
The publication of a war hero's memoirs and his dispute with a neighboring fisherman about poaching leads to a murder.