Nick receives a few shocks when he and Jo return from honeymoon to find big changes have occurred in Aidensfield: Blaketon is now retired and running the post office, Mike Bradley is the new village bobby - and he has been promoted to sergeant. In his first case as Ashfordly's leading officer, Nick hunts down a saboteur at the local fair when a showman is left seriously injured. Meanwhile, Greengrass starts a feud with the very unpopular Trevor Lammas when his beloved dog Alfred is poisoned by Trevor's rat, and Ventress, Gina and Bernie also have a score to settle with Lammas