Midsomer Murders
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 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?
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When the wife of a wealthy landowner is bludgeoned to death with a cricket bat, DCI Tom Barnaby and his team are enmeshed in a succession of calculating murders. Once again, blackmail, deceit, greed and revenge threaten to destroy Midsomer's tranquillity.
A row between keen birdwatchers in Midsomer-in-the-Marsh turns nasty when their president is killed. Patrick Morgan met his death while hoping to sight a rare bird, but is his obsession with ornithology to blame - or something more sinister? Barnaby and Jones attempt to discover the truth.
Barnaby and Jones enter the cloistered and old-fashioned world of Midsomer Priory after a nun is found strangled. Jones visits the local pub, where he learns that a woman was seen acting strangely on the day of the murder, and that teenagers in the area sneak into the priory grounds for romantic liaisons. Later, the nuns discover that a valuable silver altar set has vanished, then the chaplain is found murdered.
Barnaby and Jones are sampling the local cider at Midsomer Abbas spring fair when the body of a missing tax inspector is found floating in the cider vat. Meanwhile, publican Samuel Quested says that he wants to restore an ancient rite called the Stag in which men go in search of women from another village in order to 'refresh the gene pool'. As Barnaby and Jones investigate the murder they uncover an array of motives.
When a young woman is found dressed like a bride and drowned in a bath, it triggers a spate of ghoulish wedding-themed murders in Great Worthy. The case takes Barnaby and Jones to a donkey sanctuary, a heritage steam railway and a pub run by an ex-copper and former brothel madam. Could history be repeating itself?
A social services investigator calls on elderly eccentrics William and Mary Bingham, but he is sent away rudely by their daughter Selina and her husband Eddie Stanton. Artist Maggie Viviani also had a run-in with the investigator, so when his body is found in the river, they all come under suspicion. Barnaby learns that the Binghams never recovered from losing their elder daughter and son in a drowning accident.
New DCI John Barnaby is intrigued when he learns that the remains of famous racing driver Duncan Palmer have been discovered at Darnley Park School - 40 years after he was thought to have drowned in the Lake District. During the school's classic car show, racing legend Peter Fossett is annoyed that his fellow judge is club DJ Dave `Doggy' Day, who knows nothing about cars. Soon afterwards, Doggy is crushed to death.
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?
Schoolteacher Connie Bishop keeps waking in the night, convinced she has an intruder. Just days later a local councillor, said to be obsessed with her, is found murdered in her garden. Is Connie the innocent victim she seems? Barnaby and Jones uncover jealous rivals, ruthless social climbers and a cottage with secrets as they search for the killer in Badger's Drift.
A burglar known as 'the Creeper' terrorises Midsomer as Barnaby and Jones investigate the murder of a dinner party guest at upper-crust Chettham Park House. The detectives discover a group of high society friends with links both to gangsters and the Chief Constable dating back to the 1960s, but do the friends also have secrets worth killing for?
The peace of Little Worthy is shattered by a bizarre murder when a man is found stabbed and tied down like Gulliver in Lilliput in the sleepy hamlet's model village. Barnaby and Jones are called in, and they find many secrets hidden behind the traditions, tourist attractions and tea rooms. Then, the killer strikes again. Can the detectives discover the truth about the residents of Little Worthy and solve the crimes?
Science fellow George Jeffers threatens to go public with what he believes is a potentially lethal software glitch in a new air traffic control system. American software boss Clinton Finn fears he will lose millions if the truth comes out and puts pressure on the University authorities, but when village schoolteacher Emily Harte is killed by a hit-and-run driver, Barnaby wonders if Jeffers was the real target.
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 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.
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