Wild Harvest is the third episode of the sixteenth series of Midsomer Murders and originally aired on 29th January 2014.
When Martin Strickland, a local farmer is found dead in his own woods; covered by truffle oil and mauled to death by a wild boar, the investigation leads DCI Barnaby to Wyvern House, a posh picturesque country house restaurant run by a very passionate celebrity chef. But soon, another murder occurs and this time, the poison spreads further than the intended target.
Tropes:
- Animal Assassin: The first Victim of the Week is tied up in a forest, doused with truffle oil, and left to be gored to death by a wild boar.
- Tampering with Food and Drink: The second Victim of the Week is killed when the killer swaps the wild celery for the soup they are preparing with highly toxic hemlock water dropwort.
- Trouble Magnet Gambit: Local farmer Martin Strickland is found dead in his own woods; covered by truffle oil and mauled to death by a wild boar,
