First Broadcast 23 September 2001
Melissa is blamed by some residents for causing the detah of a local poacher by refusing to mend the leaking roof at his peppercorn rent cottage. But in the eyes of her cronies she can do no wrong.
A large quantity of barbiturates and syringes are discovered stolen from the veterinary surgery run by Raif and Georgina Canning on the same day that Sally, the district nurse, is found at the wheel of her crashed car in a confused state.
Fearing that the death threats may be carried out Barnaby and Troy race to Malham Manor - but they are too late, Melissa is dead by the swimming pool, a used syringe hanging from her stomach...