Richard Holthouse

The cozy villages of Midsomer County reveal their most sinister secrets in these contemporary British television mysteries. The made-to-measure murders: Barnaby and Jones investigate the murder of a widow on her way to confession as well as the death of her husband two years before. The sword of Guillaume: While visiting Brighton on business, DCI Barnaby partners with his cousin, Brighton's DCI John Barnaby, to investigate a local murder. Blood on...

Four funerals and a wedding: Every year, the Skimmington Fayre, a medieval ritual, rekindles an age-old battle of the sexes in Broughton. But this year, the men decide to reclaim their dignity and the bodies really start to accumulate. Country matters: With the town of Elverton in an uproar over a new supermarket, an environmental consultant hired by the store is found stabbed to death. It turns out the consultant has been consulting with the local...

The cozy villages of Midsomer County reveal their most sinister secrets in these contemporary British television mysteries. In "The straw woman," when a curate dies tragically at a festival revival, some villagers of Midsomer Parva suspect black magic. Barnaby and Scott unravel a centuries-old mystery, complicated by Scott's attraction to a schoolteacher who has been branded a witch by the village. In "The Maid in Splendour," unrequited love, secret...

The cozy villages of Midsomer County reveal their most sinister secrets. A series of grisly murders rocks the village of Fletcher's Cross and local spiritualists fall under suspicion. Barnaby and Scott immerse themselves in the luxurious world of rowing after a murder mars the annual Midsomer Regatta. In the orchid-mad village of Midsomer Malham, Barnaby and Scott must discover who would kill to own an extremely rare specimen. Why did the owner of...

Likable cop Tom Barnaby and Sergeant Dan Scott solve grisly crimes in villages brimming with rose-covered cottages and eccentric characters.

The cozy villages of Midsomer County reveal their most sinister secrets in these contemporary British mysteries. The Dark Rider: Sightings of a headless horseman doom members of the aristocratic DeQuetteville family as they plan a Civil War battle reenactment. Murder of Innocence: The return of a convicted murderer to Midsomer sparks a series of revenge kilings, but the top suspect soon becomes a target. Death and the Divas: Tensions between Hollywood...

Likable, hardworking family man and astute detective Tom Barnaby is back with new mysteries in Midsomer County, and more murders to solve.

Jonathan and Maddy continue their crime-solving missions when they investigate a man who sells his soul to the devil; an old woman who has the power to predict death through her dreams; an alien life form that miraculously disappears; a former colleague of Maddy's who turns up with a mystery in an old house; a 1970s sex kitten who is seen heading for a local church; and a murdered corpse that has come back to life for revenge.

"Educator Connie Bishop faces a slew of troubles. A decline in pupils may close down her village school, and she herself suffers from night terrors. But has she been imagining an intruder in her home, or are her suspicions well founded? When a local politician dies in her garden, it confirms her worst fears. As Barnaby and Jones investigate, another man is murdered on Connie's property. Is the sweet-natured schoolteacher a victim--or a killer?"--Container....

The cozy villages of Midsomer County reveal their most sinister secrets in these contemporary British television mysteries inspired by the novels of Caroline Graham. This collection features Detective Chief Inspector Tom Barnaby investigating his final cases along with his protégé, Detective Sergeant Ben Jones.