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Pub. Date
c2000
Description
1. Garden of death: When the owners of Inkpen Manor announce plans to turn the memorial garden on their grounds into a tea room, the villagers of Midsomer Deverell are outraged. But are any of them angry enough to kill? After members of the Inkpen family are murdered, Barnaby and Troy investigate. 2. Destroying angel: The owner of Easterly Grange Hotel dies and, on the day of his funeral, one of the new owners is murdered. Barnaby discovers plenty...
Pub. Date
c1997
Description
1. The Killings at Badger's Drift: Elderly villager Emily Simpson is found dead in her cottage after witnessing something unsettling in the woods. Though the doctor rules that Emily died of natural causes, Emily's lifelong friend Lucy thinks otherwise and persuades Barnaby to launch a murder investigation. 2. Written in blood: A writers' circle in Midsomer Worthy invites bestselling novelist Max Jennings to attend a meeting despite the curious...
Pub. Date
c2006
Description
1. Four funerals and a wedding: Reviving a medieval ritual, the annual Skimmington Fayre gives the women of Broughton their chance to symbolically humiliate the menfolk. This year, the males have vowed to break with tradition and reclaim their dignity. But neither side in this battle of the sexes ever expected so many casualties. Killer. 2. Country matters: With a proposed Goodfare supermarket dividing the residents of Elverton, an environmental...
Pub. Date
c2006
Description
1. Dance with the dead: Never mind the tube connecting the exhaust pipe to the window of the vintage automobile - Simon Bright's death only looks like suicide. The lovesick young man's murder touches off a search for Laura, his girlfriend and partner in ballroom dancing classes. But who saved the last dance for Simon? 2. The animal within: killer. 2. The Animal within: Faith Alexander's unannounced visit to her wealthy Uncle Rex's estate turns...
Pub. Date
c2005
Description
1. The House in the woods: Schoolchildren believe that Winyard, a secluded and long-abandoned house, is haunted. Eerie lights and mysterious noises seem to confirm their belief. But when a young couple looking to buy the property gets garroted, Barnaby recruits Detective Constable Ben Jones to help him catch a very corporeal killer. 2. Dead letters: In Midsomer Barton, tragedy intrudes on the celebration of Oak Apple Week when Marion Slade, the...
Pub. Date
c2007
Description
1. Death and dust: The impending marriage of a widowed doctor and a well-to-do divorcée motivates a murder of mistaken identity. 2. Picture of innocence: In the midst of a "shooting war" between rival camera clubs, someone tries to frame Barnaby--and definitely not for a portrait. 3. They seek him here: Heads roll, quite literally, when a movie crew begins filming an adventure classic set during the French Revolution. 4. Death in a chocolate box:...
Pub. Date
c2003
Description
1. The Maid in Splendour: Unrequited love, secret business deals, and passionate affairs threaten the lives of those connected to The Maid in Splendour, Midsomer's beloved local pub. When one of the pub's bartenders is found murdered in the nearby woods, Barnaby and Scott uncover a deadly clash of cultures in the gosspiy village. 2. The Straw woman: When a curate dies tragically at a festival revival, some villagers of Midsomer Parva suspect black...
Pub. Date
c2003
Description
1. The Green man: Troy wins a promotion to Inspector, but before he can decide on his future, a construction mishap unearths a recent skeleton hidden among ancient bones. While Barnaby investigates, he sends Troy to the woods near Midsomer Worthy where teenagers have tangled with an old man who lives in the wild. 2. Bad tidings: Sergeant Dan scott arrives from London to work with Barnaby, expecting to have an easy life on the rural beat. Then the...
Pub. Date
c2003
Description
1. Things that go bump in the night: The murder of undertaker Patrick Pennyman brings Barnaby and Scott to Fletcher's Cross, where villagers are divided in their feelings about a local spiritualist church. As the body count rises, the detectives begin to suspect a link between the funeral parlour, the Spirit of Friendship Group, and a new friend of Joyce Barnaby's. 2. Dead in the water: A peaceful Barnaby family outing to watch the Midsomer regatta...
Pub. Date
c2005
Description
1. Second sight: Work turns spooky for the detectives when a man dies under mysterious circumstances at Midsomer Mere--a town whose villagers seem able to predict the future. Was John Ransom's death the result of psychic experiments gone wrong, or a pub brawl that got out of hand? 2. Hidden depths: When a local solicitor falls to his death, the detectives wonder whether it was suicide or murder. Then a neighbour notorious for scams perishes in...
Pub. Date
c1999
Description
1. Death's shadow: A successful theatrical director, Simon Fletcher, returns to Badger's Drift, his head filled with disturbing childhood memories. Soon after, a local property developer becomes the first in a string of baffling murders. Barnaby and Troy investigate the murders, looking for a common thread. 2. Strangler's wood: When a beautiful Brazilian woman is found strangled with a striped necktie in Raven's Wood, Barnaby experiences a disturbing...
Pub. Date
c1999
Description
1. Death man's eleven: Shock ripples across the village of Fletcher's Cross when a prominent businessman's trophy wife is bludgeoned to death with a cricket bat. While the victim had no apparent enemies, her avaricious husband, Robert Cavendish, is hated by all. 2. Death of a stranger: As the Upper Marshwood hunt heads off into the woods, a filthy tramp runs for cover, stumbles and falls into a pit ... screaming. This suspicious death--and the...
Pub. Date
c2001
Description
1. Tainted fruit: Death threats against beautiful but spoiled Melissa Townsend bring Barnaby and Troy to the affluent village of Midsomer Malham. Some villagers blame her for causing the death of an elderly villager by refusing to fix the leaking roof of his cottage, a family property under her management. 2. Ring out your dead: A murderer is targetting the church bell-ringers in Midsomer Wellow and leaving behind puzzling clues that quote nursery...
Pub. Date
c2008
Description
1. Midsomer life: After the unpopular editor of a local magazine is found dead, Barnaby stumbles upon a nest of bribery, adultery, and secrets kept too long. 2. The Magician's nephew: Barnaby must determine if witchcraft is to blame when several members of a pagan cult are killed in an unusual manner. 3. Days of misrule: Christmas comes early for Barnaby and Jones when a suspicious explosion frees them from a dreaded team-building exercise. 4....
Pub. Date
c2008
Description
1. Blood wedding: Cully's wedding day is fast approaching, but a series of bizarre murders at an upper-class wedding leave Barnaby distracted. 2. Shot at dawn: A long-standing family feud erupts into violence after a disgraced soldier's name is placed on a World War I memorial. 4. Bonus disc: Super sleuths: A documentary about Midsomer Murders in which John Nettles, Caroline Graham, Anthony Horowitz and others reflect on the show's first decade....
Pub. Date
2017.
Description
Quest for the spear: Flynn Carsen is hired by the Metropolitan Public Library as a librarian, not realizing that his job will be to protect historical and often magical items kept in a secret section that's been maintained for centuries.
Return to King Solomon's mines: When Flynn seeks King Solomon's mines with the aid of a female archeologist, he learns his late father's friend 'Uncle' Jerry is not who he thought he was.
Curse of the Judas chalice:...
Pub. Date
c2008
Description
1. The Dogleg murders: Members of the swanky Whiteoaks Golf Club keep turning up dead by the 13th hole. 2. The Black book: The detectives investigate a string of savage murders precipitated by a local art auction. 3. Secrets and spies: A mysterious creature is killing sheep in Midsomer County, but it soon moves on to larger prey. 4. The Glitch: A local scientist's determination to stop an American millionaire's latest business venture has fatal...
Pub. Date
c2009
Description
1. The Made-to-measure murders: On her way to confession, Milton Cross resident Sonia Woodley is stabbed to death in the churchyard. As Barnaby and Jones investigate the gruesome case, they uncover new information about the death of her husband two years prior. While the detectives ponder what Sonia was so eager to confess, another villager is killed--and the coroner makes a startling discovery about the murder weapon. 2. The Sword of Guillaume:...
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