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Detective Chief Inspector John Barnaby and Detective Sergeant Ben Jones investigate the connections between illegal home-brewing in Midsomer Abbas and the death of a government inspector.

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.

First the portrait of a wealthy village forefather is found slashed to shreds in the local museum. Then a string of unearthly happenings in the museum and its graveyard terrify the community. Barnaby and Troy are called upon to separate fact from fiction.