Daniel Casey

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.

"When the postman is brutally murdered, many women in Goodman's Land are bereft. Since the postman had bedded them all, a jealous husband or jilted lover might be the culprit"--Container.

"Plans for a wedding in Newton Magna are interrupted when the best man's father is found murdered. Turns out the whole village knew that the victim was having an affair with the groom's mother"--Container.

Barnaby investigates a suspicious death at a local commune.

"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. But are any of them angry enough to kill? After members of the Inkpen family are murdered, Barnaby and Troy investigate"--Container.

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.

Members of a ladies reading group are being murdered.

Wealthy young Larry Smith is killed in an explosion.This leads Barnaby and Troy into a century old feud between the upper and lower Warden Manor. They begin to wonder just how far this family will go to protect it's money and power.

When the Causton Amateur Dramatic Society performs Amadeus, the character Salieri slits his own throat. When the actor playing Salieri actually dies in the play, Barnaby is on the case.

The beautiful wife of a wealthy businessman has disappeared in what appears to be a kidnapping for ransom.