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Midsomer Murders volume 1
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English
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The death of Miss Emily Simpson in the sleepy village of Badger's Drift brings DCI Tom Barnaby and DS Gavin Troy to investigate. Her neighbour had seen her return from a walk in the woods, unnerved and shocked by something she had seen. When her death is confirmed as no accident, Barnaby and Troy start to question the many eccentric and quirky residents and discover a web of sex, blackmail, secrets and lies before another horrific death shatters the...
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Midsomer Murders volume 3
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English
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The peace of Ferne Basset is shattered, when the body of quiet animal lover Agnes Gray is bludgeoned to death and found floating in the nearby river. The case is far from easy, when her cousin, Esslyn Carmichael, inadvertently cuts his own throat on stage during the final act of a production of Amadeus. Many of the village and of the Causton Amateur Dramatics' Society loathed him. Barnaby is puzzled how someone could have tampered with the prop knife...
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Midsomer Murders volume 5
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English
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Bill Carter, one of the founders of a New Age commune called the 'Lodge of the Golden Windhorse', dies after falling down the stairs and breaking his neck. Barnaby and Troy arrive to investigate and meet many of the commune's quirky residents. They need to work out whether it was just an unfortunate accident or murder. When the leader of the commune, Ian Craigie, is stabbed to death shortly afterwards with a carving knife, during a spiritual ritual...
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Midsomer Murders volume 4
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English
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The villagers of Morton Fendle are up in arms, when they discover the local craft centre, which they had invested in, is in financial uncertainty. As Barnaby tries to stop matters from escalating, he soon learns that its owner Alan Hollingsworth's wife Simone has been kidnapped. Shortly after following Alan to the nearby market town, and witnessing him dropping off a valise, a neighbor of his is murdered when her car is forced off the road and collides...
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Midsomer Murders volume 2
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English
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When the Midsomer Worthy Writers Circle choose to invite the famous writer Max Jennings to their next meeting, fellow writer and group chairman Gerald Hadleigh is opposed to the decision. After Jennings' visit, Gerald's body is found at his house by his housekeeper the following morning. Barnaby and Troy discover that Hadleigh was somewhat of an enigma, when a witness observes a mysterious woman enter his house the night before his murder. The police...
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Midsomer Murders volume 3
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English
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Barnaby and Troy try to find out whether mysterious events in Aspern Tallow and the discovery of a body are supernatural, or if there is a rational explanation.
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Midsomer Murders volume 1
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English
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The inhabitants of a sleepy village are shocked when a local property developer, recently diagnosed with a malignant brain tumour, is brutally murdered.
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Midsomer Murders volume 2
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English
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When a woman is killed in local woodland nine years after three identical murders, Barnaby and Troy are led into the murky, clandestine world of Midsomer Worthy.
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Midsomer Murders volume 4
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English
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Barnaby and Troy are called in to investigate when the local magistrate, principal adversary of two groups of travellers, is found dead at his home in Martyr Warren.
Author
Series
Midsomer Murders volume 1
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English
Description
When the wife of a wealthy landowner is bludgeoned to death with a cricket bat, DCI Barnaby is enmeshed in a succession of calculating murders.
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Midsomer Murders volume 2
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English
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DCI Barnaby and DS Troy are called in to investigate the murder of an ex-schoolmistress in a nursing home.
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Midsomer Murders volume 3
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English
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When a local thief and womanizer is killed with a pitchfork, the residents of Midsomer Mallow fear for their chances in the Perfect Village Competition.
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Midsomer Murders volume 4
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English
Description
DI Barnaby realises that there is more to a case than first appears when the father of a man jailed for murder is himself killed.
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Series
Midsomer Murders volume 1
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English
Description
When an arrogant aristocratic family's decision to develop a memorial garden into a commercial tea shop has the villagers up in arms, murders past and present rear their heads.
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Midsomer Murders volume 5
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English
Description
The near decapitation of the local postman, whose hyperactive libido also makes him the village lothario, leads to a series of grisly murders involving other promiscuous villagers.
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Midsomer Murders volume 2
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English
Description
When a hotel owner dies, the manager misses the reading of the will that names him part-owner.
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Midsomer Murders volume 3
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English
Description
The body of a criminal is found in a crop circle, and the locals blame Extra Terrestrial activity for the death. But Barnaby is not convinced.
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Midsomer Murders volume 4
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English
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Barnaby and Troy are drawn to Newton Magna where their search for a horse whisperer allegedly struck by a car is complicated by the discovery of a body in the town well.
Author
Series
Midsomer Murders volume 1
Language
English
Description
When the body of a local beauty is discovered by the pool at her manor house, Barnaby and Troy uncover a seedy world of adultery and deceit within the affluent rural community.
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Midsomer Murders volume 2
Language
English
Description
Someone is killing off parish church bell ringers in the week before a big bell-ringing competition takes place in the village of Midsomer Mallow.
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