18th-century doctor Adam Bascom investigates the death of a 'hunting squire'. Adam Bascom is asked by his brother, a local Justice of the Peace, to look into the death of well-known 'hunting squire' and country character Sir Jackman Wennard -- rake, racehorse breeder and family tyrant. When what looked like a riding accident turns out to be murder, Adam has to reconstruct every step of Sir Jackman's last morning to get at what happened. The answer...