The partnership between Barnaby and Troy is nearing its conclusion; Troy has passed his inspector's exam and is preparing to leave. Yet, the grim tally of deaths in Midsomer continues to rise. Joyce Barnaby finds herself trapped within a co…

Sergeant Dan Scott, Barnaby’s newly assigned partner, had anticipated a peaceful existence upon his transfer from the Metropolitan Police in London. That expectation was quickly shattered. Murders began to plague the idyllic countryside. Th…

The death of Gareth Heldman, a prominent landowner in Midsomer Barrow, was a grim echo of the past. He had been killed with a spear crafted in the Iron Age, on the very ground where his father had met his end decades earlier during an archa…

The Midsomer Literary Festival begins with the death of a celebrated author in the idyllic village of Midsomer St Michael. As Barnaby and Scott investigate the crime, they uncover a network of deceit and hidden vices amongst the village's p…

Jamie Cruickshank, a bartender at the Maid in Splendour, harbors a strong affection for Bella Monday, a barmaid. His pursuit of her leads him to a dilapidated cottage deep in the woods, where he is fatally shot with a twelve-bore shotgun. S…

The re-emergence of a traditional festival in Midsomer Parva brings with it a series of terrible events. The curate is found burned within a straw effigy of a woman. Meanwhile, at the Manor House, local landowner Alan Clifford hosts a gathe…