Synopsis

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 archaeological excavation of the village's ancient earthworks. Adding to the unsettling atmosphere, groups of modern-day travellers, a presence Heldman deeply resented, were converging to celebrate the summer solstice on June 21st. Barnaby learned that Heldman had