Synopsis

Midsomer Barton is in the midst of Oak Apple Week celebrations when the body of Marion Slade, a local single mother, is discovered drowned in the village stream. The circumstances suggest suicide, a consequence of grief stemming from the loss of her daughter, Bella, eight years prior – a celebrated beauty queen in the area. Barnaby begins his investigation and finds himself unnerved by two villagers who bear a striking resemblance to figures from his own troubled past. The discovery of a second