Barnaby and DS Scott investigate the murder of Patrick Pennyman, an undertaker in the village of Fletcher's Cross. The man's wife thinks he committed suicide but the pathologist determines he was killed. The man died soon after his return home after attending a service at the local spiritualist church, itself the source of some controversy in the village. As the investigation p...。增田幸助所著的漫画「搞笑漫画日和」,自2000年1月开始在集英社发行的「月刊少年JUMP」上连载以来,因满载无厘头笑点的剧情和对名人名作的滑稽戏仿而大受欢迎。由动画界的名监督大地丙太郎执导的TV动画,在忠实原作的基础上,以更加独特的表现手法将作品的看点呈现在观众眼前。。