DISC ONE:



Part One

On his way to report for duty at the Western Front, young Major Wimsey attends a lavish wedding at a grand house in the village of Fenchurch-St. Paul. During the night, a crime occurs that rocks the household and changes some lives forever. Wimsey is gravely injured on the battlefield, but survives thanks to his friend Sergeant Bunter. Twenty years later, and quite by accident, Wimsey returns with Bunter to Fenchurch-St. Paul.



Part Two

Stranded motorists Wimsey and Bunter are taken in by a minister whose plans for a record-setting change-ringing session have been ruined by an outbreak of Spanish influenza. An experienced ringer, Wimsey offers to step in for a man taken ill. The man's wife remembers Wimsey from that fateful night at the grand house on his first visit to the village.



DISC TWO:



Part Three

The discovery of a mutilated body in the graveyard at the grand house brings Wimsey and Bunter back to the village for the inquest. Who was the victim? How did he die? And what is the connection between the corpse and the never-recovered jewels stolen twenty years before? Clues turn up in and around the church, including a note in the belfry, that, initially, makes no sense whatsoever.



Part Four

Wimsey finds the stolen jewels and returns them to the surviving member of the family that paid for them so dearly. He also zeroes in on the probable identity of the corpse and the involvement of two brothers in the village. But the cause of death remains a mystery until a natural disaster strikes and Wimsey discovers the true power of the ancient church bells.