Danny and Mattie tell Violet's father, Doug Ashby, of her death. The two admit to flying after dark, but say they were back at the airfield by 7:30 pm. New senior constable Charlie Davis has taken Danny Parks's place on the force; he interviews councillor Adeline Campbell, who first saw the mayor's body on the stairs, and the next morning interviews the contentious Bruce Beattie, who failed to win the position of mayor the day before. Ashby questions Clyde Dennison, who has been in court to take control of the family's many assets in the prior year, and he lost. Henry is still just alive, but he dies before Blake can administer adrenaline. Alex Martin, a jockey dies the morning after a big win, riding around the track on a practice run. Doctors Harvey and Blake start the autopsy together. Ashford had been inspecting the plane, suspecting illegal use of it, when Sarah and Beatrice entered it, unaware of his presence, and took off. She is badly treated by two girls, Sally Murphy and her friend Christine, who had assaulted her with foods forced down her throat while she was bound to a chair, as well as other schemes that left their marks. The driver for the funeral home hit Bartel's cart with their car, and beat Bartel up. Meanwhile a leak to the paper about Doctor Blake will create difficulties for his relationship with Jean. Later, boys reach the farm and see him dead, trampled by the unpenned cattle. Sergeant Davis arrives at the scene with Munro, and is sure that Munro changed something after he pushed Davis out of the room where the body was found. Blake and Laidley save him from the fall that Blake realises killed Mrs McDonald. There is a struggle in the camp the next day as Afina is burning Nadya's suitcase, but the police, including Ned Simmons and Charlie, consider she is destroying evidence, and take the suitcase. The lettuce crop at the farm is ruined by herbicide, so Blake takes a piece of a plant to learn which herbicide. Blake arrives at the farm in time to stop Ruth from a second killing, and she then tells the police how she killed her husband. Sullivan is arrested. Waterman considers Simon very bright but such a trouble maker. The cause of death is difficult to determine, but it is soon clear that it was not a punch from his opponent, Ray Davis, younger brother of Charlie. Superintendent Lawson tells Blake he is discharged from the police for past misbehavior and current bad press on Ballarat police. Judith Chapman, the woman who won the state lottery, but did not yet get her winnings, is kidnapped. Agnes Clasby, a friend of Blake's mother and now patient of Blake, tells him his mother died of diabetic coma, after a party, not appendicitis as he was told. She is blind, and reports to Blake and Ashby what she heard, three shots, but the police know five shots happened. Ashby was commanding officer to Superintendent Lawson for 10 years. The other body was Andrew Morgan; the autopsy reveals his death was likely an execution. At the scene, Charlie and Blake find broken glass, dead bees and a bible with candle wax on one page; their theory is that someone knew of the priest's allergy to bee stings and barred the priest's door after tossing in a jar of bees with him and blocking the door. He meets Professor Ormond and Mr Charles Griffith, also judges. Superintendent Lawson seems a bit jumpy, and tells Charlie Davis to take charge of the case. Patrick Tyneman, owner of the local newspaper, gets a club membership for Blake, who says he will not stay long enough to use it. The boy's father Herbert hampers the investigation, telling no truth to the police. At home, Jean mentions that she had plans for when her husband returned, to make clear he was man enough. Jean invites Lawson to stay with them, which he accepts. Mattie walks around in many spots in the hospital, in her nurse uniform, until one of the ambulance men, Lachlan Kennedy, comes on to her offensively. At the autopsy they learn from specialist Mr Michaels that Father Morton had a brain tumor, and see that he was stung many times by bees, to which Father Morton was allergic. Here you will find all the episodes of the seriesThe Doctor Blake Mysteries. Patrick Tyneman is upset. Barber Willard Baxter has unlicensed loose tobacco for sale; he can get more in 5 hours, the flying time to the nearest source of tobacco. Munro will not allow the actress's body moved to the morgue; samples are carried to Dr Alice Harvey for testing by Mattie O'Brien.