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Badger's Drift is an ideal English village, complete with vicar, bumbling local doctor, and kindly spinster with a nice line in homemade cookies. But when the spinster dies suddenly, her best friend kicks up an unseemly fuss, loud enough to attract the attention of Detective Chief Inspector Tom Barnaby. And when Barnaby and his eager-beaver deputy start poking around, they uncover a swamp of ugly scandals and long-suppressed resentments seething below...
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An onstage murder in a small English village draws the beloved detective into "a theatrical whodunit worthy of a deep bow" (The New York Times).
Actors do love their dramas, and the members of the Causton Amateur Dramatic Society are no exception. However, even the most theatrically minded have to admit that murdering the leading man in full view of the audience is a bit over the top. Luckily, Inspector Barnaby is in that audience, and while he...
Publisher
Acorn Media
Pub. Date
©2004, 1997
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English
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Idyllic country villages harbor sinister secrets in these darkly humorous contemporary mysteries. Stars John Nettles and Daniel Casey.
" ... Darkly humorous ... hugely entertaining.. Tremendous fun ... highly recommended."--Library Journal.
11) Blue herrings
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Publisher
Acorn Media
Pub. Date
[2003]
Language
English
Description
When Muriel Harrap's lifeless body is found late one night in the elevator at Lawnside, a home for the elderly, everyone assumes she died of natural causes. But when another seemingly healthy woman dies, rumors of fraud and murder terrify the remaining residents.
14) Judgement day
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Publisher
Acorn Media
Pub. Date
[2003]
Language
English
Description
Amid the excitement of preparations for the Perfect Village Competition in Midsomer Mallow, a local rogue is found brutally murdered. Barnaby discovers a wealth of suspects-- all of whom appear to be lying -- and a determination by the villagers to keep his investigation quiet so as not to jeopardize their chances in the competition.
Publisher
Acorn
Pub. Date
[2016]
Language
English
Description
The English village mystery gets a contemporary spin in this hit British television series that has earned a worldwide following. Bucolic settings harbor macabre crimes and eccentric characters that are no match for DCI John Barnaby and his assistant, DS Charlie Nelson. When the corpse of an elderly man disappears from his deathbed, Barnaby and Nelson find themselves on the hunt for a serial body-snatcher.
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Distributed by Acorn Media
Pub. Date
[2004]
Language
English
Description
Likable family man Tom Barnaby is the down-to-earth Chief detective for a cluster of idyllic English country villages where some of the rose-covered cottages are home to murderers, thieves, and blackmailers. Barnaby exposes the criminals with the help from his eager young assistant Sargeant Troy and from his supportive wife
Publisher
Acorn
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
English
Description
The English village mystery gets a contemporary spin in this hit British television series that has earned a worldwide following. Bucolic settings harbor macabre crimes and eccentric characters that are no match for DCI John Barnaby; his assistant, DS Jamie Winter; and new pathologist, Dr. Fleur Perkins.
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