Después de la muerte de su hermano Eric y su esposa Joan en un accidente automovilístico, Peggy Tatton se ve obligada a mudarse de la granja donde ha vivido toda su vida, porque según la ley la granja ahora pertenece al hijo de Joan, John Fraser, pero cuando Gina viene a recogerla, ella decide quedarse. Para detener la venta de la granja, busca asesoría legal de Jackie Lambert, la sobrina del abogado de Eric Tatton, pero también recurre a medidas más drásticas. Phil Bellamy está buscando un lugar para quedarse y alquila un piso a Kenny Galloway a través de Claude Greengrass. Una mala idea porque Galloway le debe mucho dinero a alguien. Alguien que envía a un matón llamado Baz para cobrarlo.

The police are on the lookout for stolen Russian icons which have been unloaded in or around Whitby from a fishing boat owned by Ingmar Larsen who is currently in prison for smuggling and violence. The captain of the boat claims he thought they were smuggling cigarettes and that they were ambushed by pirates just off shore. They recover one of the icons at an antique shop, and the owner tells PC Walker that he bought it from a blonde woman in her thirties. Lord Ashfordly is having a banquet for true gourmets. Vernon Scripps quite the right idea when he learns about truffles from the Italian Giovanni Viora, but he thinks the price is somewhat on the high side and decides to go looking for them himself. To find them you need a pig, but in lack one of those Alfred will have to do. And then of course you also need a truffle...