Midsomer Murders

Jez Gladberry is found murdered in the woods, with several bruises on his face from a metal claw, and a shot in the head from a silver bullet. A while later, a young woman is found killed, hanging from a gravestone, with a funeral wreath around her neck. Some time before the murders, a local photographer, Steve Skelton, won a competition with his own creation of The Wolf Hunter. Has the myth about The Wolf Hunter started just like a murderous reality, or does the killer want to put the blame on Steve who created The Wolf Hunter? It seems that a feeling of being lonely and being abandoned is what this case is all about.

Toby Wagner was accused of the murder of Viola Deepdale. Now he tries to settle down in the village of Tamworth Springs in Midsomer. By doing so, he wants to join The Stitcher Society, which is not very well received by the other members. Reuben Tooms, the husband of Alberta Tooms, sister of the late Viola Deepdale, wants them to believe that Toby is innocent. The following morning, Reuben is found murdered with a chinai stick stuck in his chest. It turns out that Reuben had initiated a relationship with Julia Steinem, the sister of Toby Wagner, which might have led him into a very difficult spot. Shortly after, Georgie Tremayne is murdered at the society's premises, and they believe that she might have talked to Reuben about Toby the same night that he was killed. Then a third person dies when firing a shotgun, which only struck back at him instead. The real murderer behind Viola's death wants to conceal the crime, but in the end, the real killer is found, and Toby can now live the life that he wants, as a new and free man in Midsomer.

Victor Karras has been at the helm of Karras Games for over 50 years, transforming the family run business, which create beautifully handmade board games. Since the Karras family have made their own fortune in games, Victor's pregnant wife Eleanor, decided that to celebrate her husband's 70th birthday, it only seemed fitting to build the celebration around a game and so arranged a murder mystery weekend. Gathering at Hulton Manor, a sprawling edifice on its own island, a storm rages outside adding to the immersive experience of the fictional murder playing out in front of all of them until Victor tumbles down the stairs, and is impaled by a life-size Egyptian figure, killing him for real.

Naomi Ashworth is found murdered at the start of the annual scarecrow festival in Midsomer, sitting by one of the festival's straw creations. Naomi was well liked, but appears to have had a secret that few people really knew about. Later on, Reverend Oscar Hayden and Thea Stannard are found murdered, next to some of the festival's straw creations, just like Naomi Ashworth was found. It turns out that the scarecrow festival only is a diversion, and that the real meaning behind it all has links to gambling problems. Barnaby and Winter learn that among all the people involved, some of them will do just about anything to win.

Vince Summersby is found murdered inside a treasure chest during The Midsomer Mummers rehearsals for the comic opera, The Pirates of Penzance. Sometime after, while the preparations are still underway, Katisha Empson passes away, when she falls down the staircase. Her niece, Phyllis Cuttle tells John Barnaby that she suspects that Katisha's doctor, Simon Charteris, might have been involved in her aunt's death, when it turns out that he was the main beneficiary of Miss Empson's last will. When Graham Handsworth meets his demise, when he is found murdered at the theatre's stage, and the murderer almost manages to kill Jeremy Whittingdale, Barnaby and Winter realise, that someone connected to the play, wants to be at the centre of attention.

When the body of Tilly Mulroney is found surrounded by ritual symbols on the night of Angel's Rise Psychic Fayre, Barnaby and Winter step into a world of spirituality to find out who's responsible for Tilly's death. And when another person is found murdered in the woods, hanging upside down from a tree, the murder case takes a new turn--if the person in question did find out something about Tilly and her death that would expose the murderer. It later turns out that the accidental death of a young woman, Bea Saint-Stephens is essential to this murder case, and the murderer won't listen to the people who believe that Bea is still alive.