The annual Midsomer Scarecrow Festival takes a grisly turn as bodies begin appearing on poles displayed alongside their straw creations the investigation reveals rivalries that run deep and shows people will do just about anything to win.
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When an old colleague of DCI Barnaby's is found murdered, a sex scandal at Causton police station 16 years previously comes back to haunt him. His investigation takes him to Midsomer Holm, a halfway house for ex-prisoners founded by Lord Holm, a man who also served time for the murder of his wife. As they try to find links between the suspects and a seedy group known as the Friday Nighters, another person goes missing.
When Nick Cheyney, director of a new film of `The Scarlet Pimpernel' is beheaded by a guillotine on set, there is no shortage of suspects. An actor whose career he has ruined, a woman who bore his child after a drunken one-night stand, and an embittered gay, alcoholic extra all have grudges against him. Medical evidence then shows that Cheyney was drugged with morphine. Can Barnaby and Jones find the killer?
When a photo of DCI Barnaby with another woman is displayed shortly before her estranged husband is murdered, he becomes a prime suspect in the crime. To make matters worse, it appears that Barnaby visited the victim on the night he died, and a glass with his fingerprints on it is found at the dead man's home. As the evidence begins to mount up against him, will Barnaby be able to clear his name?
When Dr Alan Delaney is killed by a hit-and-run driver, Barnaby realises that the real target was Delaney's senior partner, Dr James Kirkwood. Is the killer trying to prevent James from marrying beautiful divorcee Delyth Mostyn? How is the death linked to the £30,000 which is missing from the surgery account?
When old rock band Hired Gun re-form to play a gig at the Midsomer Rocks Festival, paranoid lead singer Gary Cooper is convinced that someone is trying to scare them off and stop the reunion. Firstly, rock diva Mimi Clifton is electrocuted on stage, then drummer Nicky Harding is found dead in his swimming pool. Barnaby has to face the possibility that one of his heroes is a murderer.
A glassware factory in Midsomer Magna faces ruin after the death of its co-owner Alan King. His widow Hilary angers her son Ian by marrying Alan's brother Charles, and rumours begin to circulate that Charles and accountant Peter Baxter have embezzled funds. When Peter is stabbed to death with a Masonic dagger and Ian starts behaving strangely, Barnaby is called.
When Faith Alexander arrives in Midsomer Deverell to meet her long lost uncle Rex Masters, she is surprised to find that he has disappeared and that he had told everyone that she was killed in a plane crash. Then Rex's body is found in the weir, and his friends produce wills, each claiming to inherit his fortune, but what is the truth about Rex's life of mischief-making, and who wanted him dead?
When the body of a young man is found in a WWII-era motor car full of exhaust fumes, it looks like suicide. However, Simon Bright was not alone - as he was hit on the head before he died. Where is his girlfriend, newcomer Laura Sharp? What is her hold on the people of Morton Fendle, a village still overshadowed by the gloomy spectre of the war?
When the boss of Calder's Biscuit Company is murdered in Copenhagen, Barnaby and Nelson join forces with two female Danish detectives, the abrasive and astute Poulsen and the charming and cool Degn, and they discover Eric Calder had more linking him to Copenhagen than just his famous Golden Clusters.
It may be Christmas but Charlie is given no time to familiarise himself with his new surroundings. He finds himself thrown straight into an intriguing mystery in the village of Morton Shallows, as furniture maker and serial philanderer Conor Bridgeman is stabbed to death with an antique sword during a ghost-hunting party at the manor house.
Barnaby tries to find out just who is targeting the Midsomer Vinae Winery - what does the attack have to do with the death of a child in a hit-and-run accident?
Barnaby investigates whether a ballad made famous by a late, lamented folk singer could have been the inspiration for a murder. Did someone want to kill Toby Winning for threatening to take the Little Crosby Folk Festival away from Midsomer - or is the true motive something hidden for 20 years?
When a pub landlady is crushed to death during a magic show in Midsomer Oaks, Barnaby and Nelson uncover conflict between the village church and ancient pagan traditions. Is famous magician Gideon Latimer to blame or is he the target?
Controversial plans to build a supermarket in Elverton-cum-Latterly lead to murder when a man is stabbed to death and the pollution advisor for the site seems to be spending more time with the women of the village than at work. Can Barnaby and Jones discover the truth and learn what is really polluting Elverton?
A battle of the sexes which has raged in Broughton since the First World War comes to a head when ageing feminist Mildred Danvers is found dead after returning to her childhood home. As Barnaby investigates, the misogynist vicar Rev Gantis is shot through the head during a humiliating donkey race at the village fair. Is the killer on the side of the men or women - or do tragedies in Broughton's past hold the answer?
When council clerk Martin Barrett is shot dead, Barnaby and Jones discover that he was an expert blackmailer. They investigate which of his victims hated him enough to kill him, and the trail leads to Fennacombe Bay. Why are Richard and Maggie Florian spending so much time at sea, and could police committee chairman Sir John Waverley have a scandalous past? With the help of Barnaby, they intend to find out.
The death of wealthy aristocrat Sir Freddy Butler brings Barnaby and Jones to the privileged surroundings of Haddington Hall. It looks like Freddy suffered a heart attack, but when his will disappears and his lawyer is killed in an arson attack, the detectives close in on Freddy's family. What are they hiding, and where are the mysterious Haddington diamonds?
The discovery of a Saint's bones at an archaeological dig causes a stir in the village of Midsomer Cicely. But when the leader of the dig is murdered, DCI Barnaby and DS Nelson soon realise that it is not only skeletons that have been long buried in the hallowed ground.
Art comes to the picturesque Midsomer village of Angel's Rise with the opening of a new sculpture park. When its launch is marred by murder, DCI Barnaby and DS Nelson have to get creative if they are to crack a case where art imitates death, and everything has a deeper meaning.
An international cycling competition comes to the Midsomer village of Burwood Mantle. When the race leader is murdered, DCI Barnaby and DS Nelson find themselves drawn into a ruthlessly competitive world of blackmail, bribery and bloodshed where winning comes at any cost.
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