Midsomer Murders

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

In Midsomer Barton, tragedy intrudes on the celebration of Oak Apple Week when Marion Slade, the mother of a former festival queen, drowns in a stream. Did she commit suicide, grieving for her deceased daughter? Or was she murdered? In ferreting out the truth, Barnaby uncovers dark secrets lurking beneath the gaiety.

On the verge of making a dramatic announcement at a family gathering, Sir Freddy Butler drops dead, apparently as the result of a lifetime of gluttony. He leaves a widow, two ex-wives, a dotty brother, an heir apparent, and a vulgar daughter-in-law all with good reason to want him dead And the casualties don't stop there.

Investigating the murder of Martin Barrett, Barnaby and Jones discover that the government accountant led a far from boring life. Apparently, the dead man had dug up dirty secrets on people from miles around and used them for blackmail. But which of Barrett's many targets eventually made him a victim?

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.

With a proposed Goodfare supermarket dividing the residents of Elverton, an environmental consultant hired by the store is found stabbed to death in a dilapidated barn. As it turns out, the mysterious victim had been “consulting” with several local ladies in the countryside and definitely not about the environment.

Laurence Barker, the new director of the Midsomer Worthy choir, wants to win the upcoming choral competition in the worst way, and he demands perfection from his singers. But when tenor and local artist Connor Simpson is murdered after practice and other choir members receive threatening notes, disharmony reigns.

Annie Woodrow, the wife of a pop music impresario, stands accused of killing her best friend. Although all the evidence points to Mrs. Woodrow as the killer, DCI Barnaby begins to doubt her guilt. With his old friend, clinical psychologist Pru Plunkett, feeding his suspicions, Barnaby sets out to find the truth.