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When the owners of Inkpen Manor announce plans to turn the memorial garden on their grounds into a tea room, the villagers of Midsomer Deverell are outraged, and members of the Inkpen family are murdered.

Detective Inspector Tom Thorne is a brilliant but haunted investigator for whom nothing is ever by the book. In ''Sleepyhead'', Thorne's only key to catching a serial killer is a survivor unable to move or communicate. In ''Scaredy Cat'', Thorne hunts a psychopath who may have formed a depraved partnership. Through it all, he will clash with colleagues, take shocking risks, and battle the personal demons that could destroy his world forever.

A bestselling novelist is found beaten to death the morning after attending a meeting of a writers circle. Investigating the brutal murder of a Midsomer Worthy writer, Barnaby discovers that the victim had been living a fictitious life.

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.

Detective Chief Inspector John Barnaby and his new partner Detective Sergeant Ben Jones investigate the death of a classic car show judge near one of the vintage automobiles on display.

A murder victim is discovered in a lake near where Barnaby is rehearsing for an amateur theatrical production.

The old dogs of the Unsolved Crime and Open Case Squad are about to welcome a few new faces, but first, Detective Superintendent Sandra Pullman and her loyal team, Gerry Standing, Brian Lane, and Steve McAndrew, will solve their final cases together, bringing justice to decades-old murders that stumped London's Metropolitan Police.

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.

Detective Chief Inspector John Barnaby and Detective Sergeant Ben Jones investigate hauntings of DeQuetteville family members by a headless horseman and the mysterious deaths he foretells by his appearances, all while they plan a Civil War battle reenactment.

Detective Chief Inspector John Barnaby and Detective Sergeant Ben Jones investigate the murder of a chess society president and its possible link to an earlier attack