A man is murdered and his corpse placed in the Crowcall stone circle in a field on his land. Parts of his body were removed. There is some kind of religious symbol near the body so the police go to the cult leader a female.
The police go and talk to the members of this cult. There is conflict with the owner. He does not want them on the land.
This episode is with John Barnaby and and not Tom. The police coroner is now a woman not the one that was with Tom Barnaby.
John Barnaby is quick witted and at times funny. There is tension between him and Jones. Sometime John comes off as too confident but there seems to be a little more humor in the series which is needed.
The story is interesting but the end does not seem to justify the means. To me the mystery was good but the reason for the deaths make no sense.
In the story the characters mention "Physical violence is alien to them" this druid cult. Comments made by cult members and others give this cult a pass and no criticism voiced like they do with Christianity in most episodes where churches or church figures are used. I want to point this out as another cult episode with no the writers keeping negative things out.
It is different than the episodes with Tom Barnaby/Nettles. John Barnaby's wife is into body stuff like yoga. Joyce was into music and art. All seem to be to self idolatry and phony town societies.