Foyle has been put on suspension for sedition. Allegedly he said the wrong sort of things on a visit to London. To make matters worse his son, Andrew has been injured on a flying mission.
Chief Inspector James Collier has been sent up from London to take his place. He and Milner investigate the death of a young man stealing food to sell on the black market. They want to find his associates.
Their investigation leads them to a country mansion, where some rich people pay to live in the country. Away from the bombings in London.
Soon one of the new resident turns up dead. It looks like suicide by cyanide poisoning.
There are a lot of things happening in this episode. Andrew Foyle suffering trauma over his injuries and finding affection with Samantha who herself has been sent back to her army unit and hating it. Collier does not need a driver and was upset by one of her remarks.
Milner himself has to get used to a new superior officer and show loyalty to Foyle.
Writer Anthony Horowitz goes through lots of issues relating to the blitz. The constant bombing of London. Dogs that were put down as they were abandoned or their families looking after them died and there was no food for them. Rich people being able to escape to the country. More importantly people ended up being dead due to administrative oversight or plain simple mistakes.
The resolution of the mystery is actually a bit left field, a bolt out of the blue but it works well and rather refreshingly different.
Chief Inspector James Collier has been sent up from London to take his place. He and Milner investigate the death of a young man stealing food to sell on the black market. They want to find his associates.
Their investigation leads them to a country mansion, where some rich people pay to live in the country. Away from the bombings in London.
Soon one of the new resident turns up dead. It looks like suicide by cyanide poisoning.
There are a lot of things happening in this episode. Andrew Foyle suffering trauma over his injuries and finding affection with Samantha who herself has been sent back to her army unit and hating it. Collier does not need a driver and was upset by one of her remarks.
Milner himself has to get used to a new superior officer and show loyalty to Foyle.
Writer Anthony Horowitz goes through lots of issues relating to the blitz. The constant bombing of London. Dogs that were put down as they were abandoned or their families looking after them died and there was no food for them. Rich people being able to escape to the country. More importantly people ended up being dead due to administrative oversight or plain simple mistakes.
The resolution of the mystery is actually a bit left field, a bolt out of the blue but it works well and rather refreshingly different.